Safe Drinking Water: Another Oxymoron?

Date: Tuesday, July

21st, 2015 || Time: 01:00 PM EDT | 10:00 AM PST

Duration: 60 Minutes || Course Level: Intermediate

'Live' Webinar by

Michael Brodsky

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Overview
This webinar will look at the historical use of indicator organisms to define the safety of
drinking water and will examine the limitations of this approach for evaluating water
potability. Waterborne outbreaks will be reviewed in the context of identifying the wide
etiological scope and the inability of traditional indicators to mitigate these risks. Alternate
considerations for assessing potability will also be discussed.
Why Should You Attend
Learn about the source and cause of waterborne illnesses and what microbial options are
available to assess and minimize the risk.
Areas covered in the webinar
Causes and etiology of waterborne disease
Role and limitations of traditional microbial indicators for mitigating risk
Enhanced or alternative approaches to defining potability
Learning objective
Waterborne outbreaks will be reviewed in the context of identifying the wide etiological
scope
The inability of traditional indicators for risk mitigation plans
Alternate considerations for assessing potability
Who will benefit

Water Regulatory Authorities

Water and Food Microbiologists
Food Safety Managers
Food Safety Supervisors
Administrators

 New Product Developers

Auditors
Inspectors
Speaker profile
Michael has been an Environmental Microbiologist for more than 42
years. He is a Past President of the Ontario Food Protection Association
(OFPA), the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) and
AOAC International. He serves as Chair for the AOAC Expert Review
Committee for Microbiology, as a scientific reviewer in Microbiology for
the AOAC OMA and the AOAC Research Institute, as a reviewer for Standard Method for
the Examination of Water and Wastewater and as a chapter editor on QA for the
Compendium of Methods in Microbiology. He is also a lead auditor/assessor in
microbiology for the Canadian Association for Laboratory Accreditation (CALA) and is
Vice-chair of the CALA Board of Directors.