<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>32</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Godfrey, Jeffery B.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A Comparative of Microbial Drinking Water Quality Standards in Oregon and Mexico: effective measures in reducing pathogens that contaminate ground and surface waters.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Microbiology, College of Science</style></secondary-title><tertiary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Field, Katharine G.</style></tertiary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">comparative</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">diseases</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Drinkin water</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mexico</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">microbes</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Microbiology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">oregon</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2003</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">12/2003</style></date></pub-dates></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Oregon State University</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Corvallis</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bachelore of Arts in International Studies in Microbiology</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">72</style></pages><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Drinking water quality continues to be a major health concern in countries at all levels of development and is considered to be a primary source of disease outbreaks among communities. As a result a set of primary standards and practices have been developed in both the United States and in Mexico to help regulate drinking water quality and to prevent the spread of infectious diseases caused by pathogenic bacteria, viruses, protozoa and numerous organic and inorganic chemical compounds. This paper addresses the key similarities and differences that influence the microbial quality of tap water produced by public facilities in Oregon and Mexico. Federal, state and local documents suggest that facilities in both regions possess similar drinking water treatment processes, trained personnel, maximum contamination limits, and detection methods. However, Mexico’s governmental infrastructure lacks integration between state and federal agencies, individual facilities sampling frequencies are less defined, distribution systems are not properly maintained to prevent the influx of contaminants, reporting practices are not consistent, and metering is virtually non-existent. Until the Mexican government finds the means to correct these issues, drinking water from home taps is likely to contain more pathogens than those systems of equal size in Oregon and the U.S.</style></abstract><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Undergraduate</style></work-type></record></records></xml>