Coliform Bacteria and Streptococci in Swimming Pool Water

Use of Staphylococci as Indicators of Swimming Pool Pollution

“…He also noted that staphylococci could be found in some f airly well-run swimming pools with high chlorine residuals (personal communication, E. C. Dick, 1962 and others (7,8) In a study of the effect of free and combined available chlorine upon bacteria in swimming pools, Mood (10) showed that streptococci were more resistant to both free and combined avail¬ able chlorine than were the coliform bacteria.…”

Sanitary Significance of Cocci in Swimming Pools

“…The streptococci have been suggested and investigated as indicators of pollution. Mallmann and associates 1-4 proposed a method of isolation, and they and others 5 gave evidence to show that these organisms fluctuate with the bathing load and are resistant to chlorine.…”

Water Quality of Swimming Places: A Review

“…It has been recognized by early autlhorities (4,5) that coliform organisms indicate merely the absence or presence of organisms from the intestinal tract. Their significance, therefore, is related primarily to intestinal diseases, which probably play only a minor role in the public health aspects of swimming pools.…”