Download or read book Practical Taste-and-odor Methods of Routine Operations written by Andrea M. Dietrich and published by American Water Works Association. This book was released on 2004 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report tested 3 new sensory methods, developed using food-beverage industry product evaluations The three are:. Attribute Rating Test to monitor musty odor caused by geosmin; Rating Method for Evaluating Distribution-System Odors in Comparison to a Control; and 2-of-5 Odor Test - a forced choice method. All are simple, yet reliable, taste-and-odor evaluation methods that can be used for day-to-day monitoring and can replace or work along side exciting FPA and TON tests.