Knowledge on tap
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
Testing for Coliforms and E. coli
This course provides background and guidance on testing for total coliforms and E. coli using the IDEXX Colilert, Colilert-18, and Colisure Tests and covers the approved use of Colilert-18 for fecal coliform detection in wastewater. A helpful comparison of the products highlights use cases for each product to help you decide which product is best for your laboratory.
Reuse Water: Conserving a Valuable Resource
The conservation of water resources is a pivotal part of sustaining life and reliable water supplies globally. By properly treatng wastewater, reuse water can be safely reintroduced into the water supply. This course explains the importance of water reclamation, and reviews the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) guidelines and testing protocols to help protect public health.
Lead Water Pipes: A Hidden Crisis
Exposure to lead in paint, water or other sources can cause lead poisoning, a serious condition that can cause developmental delays in children, avariety of illnesses, and even death. This course examines the public health hazards caused by lead service lines, recent legislation to fund the replacement of lead water pipes and reduce the risk of lead in the water supply, and addresses the important role of water testing during the service line replacement process.
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Water webinars
Live online interactive events
Upcoming live webinars
Interpreting Results: Ask an Expert
July 14, 2022 | 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. ET
Have you ever had test results that you were unsure how to interpret? Do you have questions about reading positive and negative test results? In this session, Krista Doucette, Customer Support Supervisor at IDEXX Water, will share tips and best practices and address some of the most common questions we get from our customers. This session features an open question-and-answer session where Krista and other IDEXX experts will answer your questions on reading results from our IDEXX products.
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IDEXX Currents
Water industry news and trends written by industry experts

Recent featured articles
- Charity:water and the IDEXX Foundation tackle to water crisis
According to charity:water, 771 million people worldwide do not have access to clean water. The IDEXX Foundation is supporting charity:water's work to bring clean water to 30 communiites throughout Africa and South Asia over the next three years. - U.S. lead pipes set for replacement in new water infrastructure legislation
Millions of lead pipes carrying drinking water in the United States are set to be replaced under a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill approved by Congress in late 2021. - Heterotrophic plate count testing: tips and considerations for monitoring water quality
As a lab manager, you know how important it is to guarantee your clients' water safety. That's why heterotrophic plate count (HPC) testing—a process that determines if the water quality in a distributed system is healthy—is so important.