Elucidating waterborne pathogen presence and aiding source apportionment in an impaired stream.

This study shows the use of this methodology in a historically impaired watershed that has successfully implemented total maximum daily load reductions to reduce risk. The results suggest that while the fecal indicators have been reduced over 96% and are nearing recreational water criteria levels, pathogens are still detectable in the watershed. Microbial source tracking results show that additional remediation efforts are needed to reduce the impact of human sewage in the watershed. PMID: 29305503 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Applied and Environmental Microbiology - Category: Microbiology Authors: Tags: Appl Environ Microbiol Source Type: research