to fill information gaps, develop methods, assess new products, etc. These studies may be funded by organizations such as the US EPA, Water Research Foundation (WRF), Drinking Water... studies using the US EPA s Alternative Test Procedure (ATP) Protocol for Drinking Water, Ambient Water, Wastewater Monitoring Methods (Sept. 2010, EPA-821-B-10-001). The ATP protocol.... Examples of ASI s public and private research include: Water Research Foundation - Significance of Methods and Samples Volumes for E. coli and Total Coliform Measurements (WRF 4024...

of Cryptosporidium, he is an inventor of the largest selling commercially available test for the detection of coliforms and E.coli in drinking water. At ASI, Dr. Fricker is responsible.... Fricker was the Microbiology and Commercial Manager at Thames Water, Reading, UK until 1999. Since then, Dr. Fricker founded CRF Consulting and has provided microbiological... testing and consulting services to the water, and wastewater industries internationally, particularly with regard to Cryptosporidium. Dr. Fricker participated in the development of USEPA...

data regarding product performance under normal operating conditions and stressed or challenge conditions. Product types tested by ASI include: Drinking Water Treatment Units... (DWTUs) - Water treatment devices (filtration efficiency, disinfection efficacy, and combination devices) Hand-held, mobile and pilot scale Military and civilian use Antimicrobial... of protocols, including the EPA Microbiological Water Purifier Protocol, NSF Protocol P248 Emergency Military Operations - Microbiological Water Purifiers (Dec. 2008), State...