CASE STUDY Regional Provider of Drinking Water Automates and Digitizes Algae Enumeration THE CLIENT This facility operates 3 recreational reservoirs in Southeastern US, providing drinking water supplies to the region. The Quality Assurance Officer oversees 4 certified laboratories and is responsible for ensuring that training and data are compliant with all applicable federal, state and local regulations. Her goal is the continuous improvement of processes, and the ongoing integration of new technologies. MANUAL MICROSCOPY: A TEDIOUS PROCESS As a laboratory technician, she manually enumerated algae populations in the drinking water reservoir via means of a standard microscope and Whipple grid. During this period, she processed roughly 8 samples per week, with each sample

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