Following intensive discussions we have established a number of selection criteria to determine whether a bioassay is applicable for the assessment of the chemical water quality. A range of projects have already focused on the - largely overlapping – assay characteristics and selection criteria for bioassays to be used in environmental monitoring (Leusch et al. 2012; OECD 2012; Agency et al. 2012).
Extended abstract for the World Congress of the International UV Association on September 22-26 in Las Vegas, USA. The abstract was prepared by C.H.M. Hofman-Caris, D.J.H. Harmsen, B.A. Wols, E.F. Beerendonk, L.M. Puijker, L.L.M. Keltjens. C.H.M. Hofman-Caris presented the results at the conference.
In May 2013, interim results were published in Environment International by scientists from BioDetection Systems B.V., the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) and the DEMEAU partner KWR Watercycle Research Institute.