Cryptosporidium

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This roundtable gives an overview of Cryptosporidium and its relationship to public water supplies. It discusses the parasite's life cycle, where it is found in the environment, how it differs from Giardia, how it gets into drinking water supplies, its health effects on humans, and treatment technologies used to remove the parasite from water supplies.