<Message from EPA>

 
Introducing
             a new method: 1602A 
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          EPA Method 1602 is a performance-based
            method
Laboratories
                are permitted to modify or omit any steps or procedure

Message
                  from the EPA:  The following is an exact, verbatum
                  statement from the Introduction section of EPA method 1602:  Male-specific
                  (F+) and Somatic Coliphage in Water by Single
                  Agar Layer (SAL) Procedure. 

          "Coliphage presence in ground water
                is an indication of fecal contamination. Method 1602 is a performance-based
                method for enumerating male-specific (F+) and somatic coliphage in
                ground water and other waters.  Laboratories are permitted to modify
                or omit any steps or procedure, with the exception of the coliphage
                stock enumeration procedure (Section 11.3), provided that all performance
                requirements set forth in the validated method are met." 

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	EPA Method 1602 is a performance-based method Laboratories are permitted to modify or omit any steps or procedure

	Message from the EPA: The following is an exact, verbatum statement from the Introduction section of EPA method 1602: Male-specific (F+) and Somatic Coliphage in Water by Single Agar Layer (SAL) Procedure.

	"Coliphage presence in ground water is an indication of fecal contamination. Method 1602 is a performance-based method for enumerating male-specific (F+) and somatic coliphage in ground water and other waters. Laboratories are permitted to modify or omit any steps or procedure, with the exception of the coliphage stock enumeration procedure (Section 11.3), provided that all performance requirements set forth in the validated method are met."