On May 6 2025 a meeting of the Austrian national bathing water group took place in Vienna.
List of meeting participants:
- Dr.in Alexandra TIETZ, Vienna public institution, City of Vienna MA39
- DI Dr. Markus SAGL ,Vienna public institution, City of Vienna MA39
- Ing.in Margarete BUCHSTEINER, government of the federal state of Salzburg
- Dr. Bernd REICHL, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety
- Dr. Michael Reiter, Medical University of Vienna
- Ing. Wolfgang WIMMER, government of the federal state of Upper Austria
- Ing. Robert SCHAMBERGER, government of the federal state of Upper Austria
- Ing. Markus SCHUPP, Institute of environmental and food safety of federal state of Vorarlberg
- Dr. Michael SCHALLI, Medical University Graz
- Ao. Prof. Dr. Regina Sommer, Medical University of Vienna
Progress:
A Historical overview of the development of man-made small bathing ponds in Austria, including recent trends was presented. It was agreed to prepare a comprehensive review for the Blue Health repository. Challenges and difficulties in enumerating Pseudomonas aeruginosa in water of man-made small bathing ponds were discussed. As a result it is planned to test and evaluate a modified cultivation method for Pseudomonas aeruginosa