Water Quality

The HyServe EC Blue Water Test allows a medium to be tested simultaneously for coliform and E.coli bacteria using the chromogenic enzyme substrate method (X-GAL-MUG method). The test for water quality testing is simple, fast, and safe. It indicates in a blue-green dye whether coliform bacteria are present in the sample.

While classical cultivation methods need about 3 days for the detection of coliform or E.coli bacteria, the EC Blue provides a reliable test result after only 24 hours. Detection by color reaction is reliable and easy to interpret. Suspended solids, turbid or yellowish, and chlorinated water samples usually do not interfere with detection.

For many years, the German Drinking Water Ordinance has regulated the regular testing of drinking water for harmful substances. Especially for harmful substances such as nitrate or chloride as well as microbial contamination, the legislator has set strict limits in this country.

Drinking water is considered the most strictly controlled foodstuff in Germany, and only perfect drinking water may be put into circulation.

Compliance with the strict limit and precautionary values is ensured either by recognized laboratories or by the public health authorities. But consumers can also check the water quality themselves with simple tests.

More than 70% of our drinking water comes from groundwater, the rest is made up of spring water, surface water, and bank filtrate. This raw water is treated in waterworks by chemical and physical processes to produce drinking water.