Method 1623: Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Water by Filtration/IMS/FA. 815-R-05-002. 2005. U.S Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water Technical Support Center, Cincinnati, OH.
Method 1622: Cryptosporidium in Water by Filtration/IMS/FA. 815-R-05-001. 2005. U.S Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water Technical Support Center, Cincinnati, OH.
Microbial Laboratory Guidance Manual for the Final Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (LT2 Rule), 815-R-06-006. 2006. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water Technical Support Center, Cincinnati, OH.
The following EPA websites contain general information regarding LT2:
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/disinfection/lt2/lab_home.html
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/disinfection/lt2/index.html
The following sites may be helpful. The list is not complete and inclusion on the list is not an endorsement or recommendation by the EPA.
Microscopy:
http://www.chroma.com
http://www.nikonusa.com
http://www.olympusamerica.com
http://www.zeiss.com
http://www.aqi.com
http://www.fryerco.com
http://www.fluorescence.com/tutorial/fm-optic.htm
http://www.moleculardevices.com/pages/software/metamorph.html
http://www.cbi.pitt.edu/qfm/index.html
http://www.microscopyu.com/articles/fluorescence/index.html
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/techniques
http://www.microscopy-uk.net
http://nobelprize.org/physics/educational/microscopes
http://starcentral.mbl.edu/microscope/portal.php
Organisms:
http://www.ksu.edu/parasitology
http://megasun.bch.umontreal.ca/protists/otherprodbs.html
http://www.cdfound.to.it/HTML/khan.htm