The State of Arizona requires the removal of some of these parasites from the wastewater before reuse. The University of Arizona is trying to develop tools to rapidly monitor and detect these pathogens at low cost. University of Arizona uses molecular techniques to identify the nucleic acid of the pathogens, like a fingerprint. The Preliminary Chain Reaction, or PCR, is the technology for rapidly identifying nucleic acid of pathogens. In using micro-organisms some are a problem and some are a great benefit.
Some micro- organisms used in cleaning up the environment are good bugs.
The bad bugs, they are trying to find economical ways of eliminating them from the environment so they don't contaminate it. The University of Arizona has looked a lot at the technology of membranes for removing contaminants from the environment, micro-organisms and chemicals. Merle Jensen, Ph.D., Associate Director, Agri-Experiment Station stated Arizona was the best candidate for greenhouse agriculture. He noted the first installation was in Wilcox, Arizona, a system of growing food production at yields never before realized. He noted that the greenhouse crops bring 37 cents, pesticide-free, using biologicals which was a big concern to the American Public.