Microbiological Water Quality Test Kits for On-site Field Testing
Simple
- Easy for anyone to use with little training
- Color-change test results easy to interpret
- No labs, electricity, expensive, complex equipment or cold chain required
- No media preparation required
- Small number of simple, light weight, environmentally friendly components
Flexible
- Ambient temperature incubation at 25° Celsius and above
- Works at variable temperatures, constant temperature control not required
- Robust test designed for field testing in low resource, rural, remote areas
- Lots of testing options – Presence/Absence and Most Probable Number Kits
- Used for small projects to large scale surveys
Reliable
- Rapid, accurate test results for E. coli, Total Coliforms or H2S bacteria
- Similar test results compared to Gold Standard, more complex methods
- Ambient temperature test results in 20-48 hours
- Color change test results easy to identify
- CBT E. coli MPN test results calculated on Akvo and mWater mobile apps
Cost Effective
- Removes barriers to field testing where it was previously too expensive
- Eliminates expensive equipment this is difficult to use and transport
- Eliminates complex methods that require intensive training and capacity
- Eliminates costs for lab testing, electricity, cold chain, sample transportation
- Shelf life of Aquagenx® EC+TC growth medium is two-years