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Where is it found?
Who is at risk?
How can it be
CRYPTOSPORIDIUM
KEY FACTS
removed from
drinking water?
PANTON MCLEOD
Water Quality Engineering
www.pantonmcleod.co.uk
@pantonmcleod
info@pantonmcleod.co.uk
October 2015
Although crypto can infect all people, some groups are more likely to suffer serious
effects.
The insertion of a UV light rig within the treatment process can also be used to
inactivate crypto.
Where crypto is detected within pipework or storage tanks it can also be treated with
some chemical cleaning products.
Due to the thick outer shell of the oocysts chlorine based products are not effective
however specialist products such as Panton McLeod PM88 are lab proven to inactivate
crypto as they are capable of braking down this outer shell.