AWWA ACE58242

Taste-and-odor testing provides a means to monitor real-time aesthetic quality and customer satisfaction. Recently, it has also been suggested as a means to monitor water security. This paper describes eleven methods for the sensory analysis of drinking water or the training of sensory analysts. Guidance is provided on how to match the sensory method(s) to the needs of a water utility or to a specific taste-and-odor problem encountered by the drinking water industry. Includes 23 references, tables.