Source: BIO FORUM GIT publishing house issue 3 2007 by May 21, 2007 pages 36 et seq. A fairly stable bacterial population was delivered in the tap water of the city of Braunschweig, by the harzwasserwerke Ecker – and the grane dam, at the end of the supply lines to meet. In addition, the evidence provided clear evidence of cell activity. The composition of the microflora is not changed through the first steps of treatment of drinking water with flocculation and sand filters. Press release of the Helmholtz Centre for infection Research GmbH Braunschweig of the 17.11.2006: more safety for drinking water throughout Europe \”Helmholtz Centre EU project to the drinking water research is co-ordinated drinking water our most important food each day takes it to.\” It is even more important, knowing exactly which micro-organisms are is and what human disease triggering them, if their number is too large. Scientists at the Helmholtz Center for infection research in Braunschweig, Germany to coordinate an EU project, which investigates these issues now. The EU hopes to Projects identified by the healthy water\”fundamental insights to improve their drinking water guidelines. Over three years, it supports the project with a total of 2.4 million euros.
In Germany, \”drinking water has excellent quality, project manager Dr. Manfred Hofle notes. This security but not everywhere in Europe therefore will be a main focus of the project on risky sources of drinking water and distribution systems in Europe. Also, the measurement of contamination with infectious agents is currently not entirely unproblematic. \”Hofle: we determine only the number of a type of bacteria Escherichia coli over the content of other bacteria, viruses or so-called protozoa, so animal protozoa, we don’t know anything but.\” Therefore, the Helmholtz researchers want to now test a chip with their nine partners from industry and research and develop. He should prove so far unidentified microorganisms.