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MOST BACTERIA IN WATER ARE HARMLESS, but are the basis for the food-chain for fungi and protozoa which may be less benign. Fungi and Protozoa can present health threats to humans. http://lnkd.in/dbbE87Y View in LinkedIn

UNEXPECTED HABITAT. "Nosocomial aspergillosis, a life-threatening infection in immunocompromised patients, is thought to be caused primarily by ?.. organisms in the air. Water from tanks yielded higher counts of colony-forming units than did municipal water. An isolate ... recovered from a patient ... was identical to an isolate ... in the patient's room." http://lnkd.in/d6FTVi2 View in LinkedIn

ASPERGILLOSIS. "It is estimated that 10,190 aspergillosis-related hospitalizations occurred in the United States in 1996." http://lnkd.in/d6FTVi2 View in LinkedIn

PATHOGENS PROTECTED BY BIOFILMS. "The complex microbial ecology of premise plumbing systems can serve as a reservoir for opportunistic pathogens ... Biofilms and amoeba within the water system can protect opportunistic pathogens from disinfection, and may even allow their regrowth and increase in pathogenicity." http://lnkd.in/dAn_3i8 View in LinkedIn

RAPID PIPE COLONIZATION. "Once new pipes have been added to an existing system, microbial colonization begins rapidly, with microbial communities being established in as little as one year." http://lnkd.in/dAn_3i8 View in LinkedIn

HOSPITAL WATER TREATMENT MADE THINGS WORSE."Over the course of treatment the relative abundance of certain genera containing opportunistic pathogens and genera containing denitrifying bacteria increased. The results demonstrate the driving influence of supplemental disinfection on premise plumbing microbial ecology." http://lnkd.in/dAn_3i8 View in LinkedIn

"TAP WATER QUALITY may differ considerably from the quality in the water processing plant, due to the sometimes considerable distances that water travels to the consumer, crossing biofilm contaminated pipes and broken infrastructure." http://lnkd.in/d2E8pwH View in LinkedIn

HOSPITAL WATER PATHOGENS. "The majority of on-site disinfection systems to date have been installed in hospitals due to the high concentration of opportunistic pathogen susceptible occupants." http://lnkd.in/dAn_3i8 View in LinkedIn

COLIFORM BACTERIA IN WATER PIPES. "In 1993 in the United States alone, nearly 4,400 water systems affecting 21 million people violated drinking water standards for total coliform bacteria ... Of concern are the nearly 2,000 systems every quarter that are significant noncompliers and repeatedly detect coliform bacteria in finished drinking water." http://lnkd.in/dUVCRcq View in LinkedIn

PREVENTING DENTAL WATER LINE CONTAMINATION. "Although the water coming into dental waterlines is sanitized and meets public health safety standards ...(