FlowCam Drinking Water Resources

Welcome to the Fluid Imaging Technologies Drinking Water Resources Page! Below you will find resources on the FlowCam technology used for Drinking Water Monitoring. These include Image Galleries, Articles, Case Studies, Methodologies, Guides, Published Research, Posters, Videos, Product Brochures, and Blog Posts. 

Anabaena imaged by the FlowCam at 10X.

Image Galleries

• Freshwater HABs Image Gallery
• Freshwater Organisms Image Gallery

Articles

• Eliminate Taste-and-Odor Events With Cost-Effective Algae Control
• AWWA Opflow "Tackle Taste and Odor with Proactive Water Quality Monitoring"
• AWWA Opflow "Use an Integrated Approach to Monitor Algal Blooms" 
• Journal AWWA "Particle Imaging and Analysis Instrumentation Minimizes Taste & Odor Complaints"

Case Studies

• Monitoring for Taste & Odor Algae at Newport News Waterworks
• Southeastern Drinking Water Case Study
• A Blueprint to Monitor Toxin-Producing Cyanobacteria: How One Drinking Water Agency Stays Ahead of the Curve

Methodologies

• Tech Brief: Cell Enumeration of Colonial and Filamentous Cyanobacteria with FlowCam
• Assessing Cell Viability Using FDA Stain

Guides

• Ultimate Guide to Flow Imaging Microscopy
• FlowCam for Identification and Classification of Aquatic Microorganisms
• FlowCam Guide to Freshwater Algae & Cyanobacteria Species

Published Research

• Top FlowCam Studies on Cyanobacteria
• Summaries of Top Studies Comparing FlowCam to Light Microscopy
• List of Published FlowCam Research Papers

Posters 

• Detecting & Monitoring Cyanobacteria and Green Algae with Continuous Imaging Flow Cytometry, 2017
• Semi-Automated Method to Identify and Count Cells of Cyanobacteria Colonies and Filaments, 2018

Videos

• FlowCam Cyano Demonstration
• An Integrated Approach to Monitor Taste and Odor Producing Cyanobacteria: a Webinar

Product Brochures

• FlowCam 8000 for Nuisance Algae and Particulate Monitoring 
• FlowCam Cyano for Semi-Automated Detection of Cyanobacteria and Other Algae
• FlowCam 5000: Drinking Water Analysis Streamlined
• FlowCam ALH for High-Throughput Processing & Unattended Operation

Blog Posts 

• Eliminate Taste-and-Odor Events With Cost-Effective Algae Control
• Quality Control on the FlowCam Cyano
• Tackle Taste and Odor with Proactive Water Quality Monitoring
• An Integrated Approach to Monitor Taste and Odor Producing Cyanobacteria: a Webinar
• Top Research Studies Comparing the FlowCam to Light Microscopy
• The FlowCam Cyano for automated analysis of algae and cyanobacteria
• Answering Your FAQs about Analyzing Microcystis with the FlowCam
• Educating the Drinking Water Community: Workshops at the AWWA Water Quality and Technology Conference
• FlowCam Part of Integrated Approach to Eliminate Taste and Odor Events in Wichita Falls, TX
• Semi-automated method for detecting and counting cells of cyanobacterial colonies and filaments 
• Documented: the Harmful Algae Culprits of the  2016 Lake Okeechobee and Waterway Bloom
• A Blueprint to Monitor Toxin-Producing Cyanobacteria with the FlowCam 
• Detecting and Monitoring HABs in and Oregon River to Ensure Safe Water
• Beyond Just Pigment Detection.... How FlowCam Aided Ultrasonic Buoy HAB Mitigation
• Fluid Imaging Technologies Announces FlowCam Cyano for Early Detection and Monitoring of Cyanobacteria