Environmental

Environmental microbiology represents a small but rapidly growing market.

The majority of Microbiology tests in this sector are associated with the production of drinking water and treatment of waste water.

The number of tests is expected to exceed 55 million tests in 2008

The Bactest technology has potential to be used in a range of applications in this market sector.

Since the technology can be used not only for contamination tests, but also for comparitive studies such as toxicity testing (test vs control) a diversity of potential applications present themselves - these might include :

  • Water quality testing
  • Toxicity testing - e.g waste water and effluent
  • Bioremediation

Bactest welcomes the opportunity to discuss potential environmental applications with interested parties



Water quality affects every aspect of life, whether drinking water, waste water, surface water or bathing water.

Fundamental to the maintenance and control of water quality are surveillance systems and tests such as Microbial contamination, bioburden or waste water treatment efficiency.

Bactest offers benefits of rapid, automated testing suitable for use in the local environment.
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