AWWA WQTC71652

This powerpoint presentation begins by providing a brief overview of Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA). Topics covered include: relationship between exposure, level of protection and microbial risk; concerns particular to microbial risk assessment; types of risk assessment; hazard identification; problem formulation; outcomes of infection process to be quantified; acute and chronic outcomes associated with microbial infections; exposure assessment; occurrence factors; exposure factors; health effects assessment; dose response (DR) analysis; use of surrogates/extrapolation for DR analysis; risk characterization; endpoints of QMRA; evaluation of the RC model; comparative risk; acceptable risk; and, use of risk assessment. Includes tables, figures.