Controlling Environmental Microbial Threats of Waters, Surfaces, and Air Spaces
Microbial control is essential to restrict environmental microbial species from causing disease or degrading system quality at various sites, including water systems, industrial processes, and building interiors. In addition to addressing innate resistance of microbial species to antimicrobial compounds, effective control strategies must confront survival-enhancing mechanisms such as microbial associations with complex surfaces, biofilms, and particulates. This session focuses on approaches for controlling problematic environmental microorganisms that encounter waters, surfaces, or air spaces of recreational beaches, cooling towers, hospital facilities, building interiors, and spacecraft. In addition, the session addresses challenges to regulation of processes employed for environmental microbial control.
Session Conveners
Jon Calomiris – Sotiria Science, Arnold, MD
Thomas Fahlen – The Clorox Services Co.
