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IDEXX Water understands that education is essential to building your technical knowledge and enhancing your laboratory skills.
Our educational offerings are part of an ongoing commitment to our customers to help you grow professionally and personally through online training, live webinars, and industry news articles.
IDEXX Water Academy
Featured Courses
NEW! Spanish Language Courses
With our new Spanish language learning path, you can access product and general microbiology courses in your preferred language. Click on the "IWA en Español" tile on the Water Academy dashboard.
NEW! Get to know: Confidence Limits and Confidence Intervals
Have you ever heard of confidence limits or confidence intervals? If you would like to learn more about what these terms mean and why they are so important in microbiological water testing, this course is for you! This short course provides an overview of confidence limits and confidence intervals and their importance in the water testing industry.
NEW! Water Microbiology: An Introduction
In this introductory course, you will explore fundamental elements of water microbiology. Learn more about what water microbiology is and why it is so important, explore an overview of important waterborne pathogens such as total coliforms, E. coli, enterococcus, and pseudomonas, and discover what is meant by bacterial indicators and the important role the indicator concept plays in water microbiology.
With over one hundred courses and videos available, with more continuously being added, learning is just a click away. Use the link below to register or sign in.
Water webinars
Live online interactive events
Upcoming live webinars
Testing for Coliforms and E. coli: Tips, Guidelines, Best Practices
Thursday, October 24
1:00-2:00 PM EDT
Do you have questions about coliforms and E. coli testing? Whether you are testing drinking water, wastewater or source water, coliforms and E. coli are critical bacteria to analyze.
Shawn Dubois, IDEXX Water Senior Scientist, will share tips and guidance that he has learned from over 20 years of working with customers both in the field and in the lab.
Unable to attend live? Register for the webinar to receive a link to the recording to watch at your convenience.
Webinar Series-Rapid Water Microbiology Testing Part 1: Rapid Detection of Coliforms and E. coli in Water Samples
Philippines and Singapore
Tuesday, October 22
15:00 SGT/PHT
Coliforms and E. coli are critical bacteria to test for in drinking water, wastewater, source water, and many more water types. As such, it is important that testing is efficient and that it produces reliable, accurate results. This 1-hour webinar will provide tips and best practices for testing for coliforms and E. coli with Colilert-18.
Voltaire Daniel Navarro, Assistant Manager at Maynilad Water Services, Inc., will share his hands-on experience using Colilert-18 in his laboratory. Wan Teng Wong, Technical Sales Specialist at IDEXX Water Southeast Asia, will discuss the Defined Bacterial Enzyme Detection Technology, and she will provide best practices for workflow optimization when using Colilert-18.
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IDEXX Currents
Water industry news and trends written by industry experts
Featured articles
ASHRAE Standard 514 introduces new requirements for managing building water risks
The Amercian Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-conditioning (ASHRAE) recently introduced an enhanced standard for water in human-occupied buildings that establishes minimum requirements for managing risks associated with physical, chemical, and microbial hazards.
Improve water quality by reducing wasted water
Over the past 50 years, the U.S. population has doubled—and water use has tripled, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). That's critical not only for water availability but also for water quality.
River quality worldwide suffers from extreme weather events
Extreme weather events due to the changing climate make managing river water quality and quantity tougher than ever. But precisely how water quality responds to recurring and severe weather extremes—and why—is not well understood, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).