Applications
Drinking Water Management
The microbiological quality of drinking water may significantly deteriorate during transport in the distribution networks, in particular because of bacteria present within biofilms that inevitably develop on the internal surface of pipes and other equipment.
Assessment of microbiological risks and water safety management using a new tool of ATP-metry (PDF)
What if you could...
- Improve real time operational control
- Reduce health risks
- Manage distribution system maintenance
... all with one tool?
Now you can! For drinking water, LuminUltra supplies QuenchGone, a rapid and accurate test kit for measuring the total microorganism population. Quench-Gone is based on the measurement of ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate), the energy carrier for all life. Measuring ATP is the "Gold Standard for measuring active microorganisms!"
Using Quench-Gone
Quench-Gone can be the first line of defense in a HACCP-based water safety and maintenance strategy for any drinking water system. In conjunction with other routinely collected data, Quench-Gone results can become an invaluable component of a continuous improvement program and is an excellent compliment to current monitoring practices, including biocide residual measurements and culture tests. Use Quench-Gone for:
- Routine microbial monitoring
- Troubleshooting system breaches
- Reservoir maintenance
- Groundwater well maintenance
- Distribution line flushing
- Disinfection troubleshooting
- Customer water quality assessment
- Detecting biological corrosion in deposits
- Raw water quality assessment
Why Choose LuminUltra?
Drinking water distribution networks are vast and complex. Operation and maintenance of these systems can be improved by having fast and accurate feedback on microorganism content at any location! Quench-Gone is:
Easy: Quench-Gone test kits are easily used by any operator or technician and do not require special sampling techniques. Results are easy to interpret and the equipment is entirely portable!
Fast: A single Quench-Gone test takes under 5 minutes to complete on-site! Having immediate feedback facilitates reliable operation and maintenance on a daily basis. Plus, suspect results can be repeated on the spot!
Economical: By comparison with other microbiological analyses, Quench-Gone has a high value per unit cost! Use Quench-Gone for any sample type, from source water to treated water to deposit samples.
Sensitive: Microbial control is most easily achieved when problems are detected in the early stages of development. Quench-Gone can detect low levels of activity without any incubation requirement!
Superior: Quench-Gone incorporates all of the advantages of LuminUltra’s patent-pending ATP measurement technology over competing products, including the ability to convert instrument light readings (RLU’s) to active organism counts, and multiple barriers against inhibition!
All-Inclusive: The total microorganism population can provide protection for the organisms targeted in a disinfection program. Because ATP is present in all microorganisms, Quench-Gone is an ideal general alarm system for detecting microbiological drift and re-growth in distribution lines and is superior to Heterotrophic Plate Counts (HPC’s) for total microorganism measurement!
Quench-Gone™ – An integral part of any water safety management plan!
