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IDEXX Water understands that education is essential to building your technical knowledge and enhancing your laboratory skills.
Our educational offerings are part of an ongoing commitment to our customers to help you grow professionally and personally through online training, live webinars, and industry news articles.

IDEXX Water Academy
Featured Courses
NEW! Get to Know: Confidence Limits and Confidence Intervals
Have you ever heard of confidence limits or confidence intervals? If you would like to learn more about what these terms mean and why they are so important in microbiological water testing, this course is for you! This short course provides an overview of confidence limits and confidence intervals and their importance in the water testing industry.
NEW! Water Microbiology: An Introduction
In this introductory course, you will explore fundamental elements of water microbiology. Learn more about what water microbiology is and why it is so important, explore an overview of important waterborne pathogens such as total coliforms, E. coli, enterococcus, and pseudomonas, and discover what is meant by bacterial indicators and the important role the indicator concept plays in water microbiology.
With over one hundred courses and videos available, with more continuously being added, learning is just a click away. To register or sign in, use the link below.
Water webinars
Live online interactive events
Upcoming live webinars
Lab Basics II: Dilutions and Reading Results
Tuesday, February 25
1:00-2:00 PM EST
In this webinar, we will cover dilutions, reading, and interpreting results as we discuss basic lab techniques. No matter what your level, this webinar will provide practical tips, best practices, and help answer questions you may have in your lab when using the IDEXX Quanti-Tray system. This is the second in a three-part-series on laboratory techniques.
Join IDEXX Senior Scientist Shawn Dubois for an overview of how to use dilution techniques to ensure the most accurate results. If you register and are unable to attend the webinar, you will receive a link to the recording after the webinar ends.
Register Now for Lab Basics II
Lab Basics III: Mastering Your Skills
Tuesday, March 25
1:00-2:00 PM EST
In this interactive discussion, IDEXX experts will share their real-world experience and answer your questions about the basics of water testing. We’ll go over the most common questions we receive, along with questions from Part 1 and 2 of this series. Regardless of your level, this webinar will help you to master your water testing skills and take them to the next level. This is the third webinar in a three-part-series on laboratory techniques.
Join IDEXX experts Shawn Dubois and Valerie Neuhausser as they discuss their experiences, best practices, and lessons learned in the lab.
If you register and are unable to attend the webinar, you will receive a link to the recording after the webinar ends.
Register Now for Lab Basics III

IDEXX Currents
Water industry news and trends written by industry experts

River Quality Worldwide Suffers from Extreme Weather Events
Extreme weather events due to the changing climate make managing river water quality and quantity tougher than ever. But precisely how water quality responds to recurring and severe weather extremes—and why—is not well understood, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Digital Twins Optimize Water Management
In recent decades, analytics for real-time and historical data as well as models that help predict performance have helped advance water management. Read how these connected technologies give water system and lab managers better tools for efficiency.