| Parameters searched | Types of seeding | Culture media | Temperature and culture time | Enumeration |
Aerobic flora revivable (FAR) | Direct inoculation of 1 ml | PCA (Plate Count Agar) | 37˚C/48H | All colonies |
| Fecal coliforms | 100 ml filtration on 0.22 μm membrane | TTC tergitol7 | 44˚C/24H | Yellow colonies |
| E. coli | E. coli Rapid Agar | Violet colonies | ||
| Fecal streptococci | Slanetz and Bartley Enterococci | 36˚C/24H | Red colonies |