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CHAPTER ELEVEN
Applications of Emerging
Technologies in the Drinking
Water Sector
Lauren Rowe, Graham Sprigg
IMS Consulting, Royal London Buildings, Bristol, England
This chapter explores the application of emerging technologies for water-
borne pathogen detection from a market perspective. The water market,
particularly in terms of monitoring, is heavily driven by regulation and reg-
ulatory compliance. Adoption of new technologies for detection of patho-
gens can be challenging within this framework.
This chapter will first describe the application of Water Safety Plans
(WSPs) and the Water Safety Frameworks (WSFs) in various countries to
establish the background in which water monitoring is performed across
the globe. There will be a particular focus on the situation in the UK as an
in-depth case study.
The chapter will also identify those pathogens which are currently of
most concern to the market, providing a perspective from a public health
point of view as well as the market view of existing technologies. Finally,
the chapter will conclude by discussing future trends and the challenges of
bringing new technologies to market in the water monitoring sector.
11.1. CURRENT POSITION OF THE UK WATER
INDUSTRY
While a brief introduction to WSPs and WSFs was given in Chapter
3, this section will be a more in-depth case study of how they are applied in
the UK, and it will provide an introduction to the treatment and manage-
ment aspects. After all, monitoring water for pathogens is, in the end, an aid
to the delivery of more effective management of the drinking water supply.
The water and sewage industry in the UK was privatized in 1989 and a
regulatory framework has been in place ever since to ensure fair standards
and prices. The public water supply and service in the UK are regulated by
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