Health concerns related to use of recreational waters such as lakes, ponds, swimming pools, spas and hot tubs, and beaches are important to the public and the provider. It is, thus, essential to maintain adequate water safety by minimizing the levels of potentially pathogenic organisms and chemical additives in such environments. IEH offers expertise in both analytical services and consulting for the user and provider of these water habitats.

IEH leads the industry in its ability to use investigative techniques to track sources of pathogenic microorganisms and map their distribution and movement in waters using microbial source tracking (MST). MST is a technique that has been developed and implemented by IEH for many years. IEH utilizes advanced genetic fingerprinting methods as the basis for an epidemiological tracking system for bacterial source detection. Go to www.microbialsourcetracking.com