Application of a microbial and pathogen source tracking toolbox to identify infrastructure problems in stormwater drainage networks: a case study.

ABSTRACT: Water scarcity and increasing urbanization are forcing municipalities to consider alternative water sources, such as stormwater, to fill in water supply gaps or address hydromodification of receiving urban streams. Mounting evidence suggests that stormwater is often contaminated with human feces, even in stormwater drainage systems separate from sanitary sewers. Pinpointing sources of human contamination in drainage networks is challenging given the diverse sources of fecal pollution that can impact these systems and the non-specificity of traditional fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) for identifying these host sources. As such, we used a toolbox approach that encompassed microbial source tracking (MST), FIB monitoring, and bacterial pathogen monitoring to investigate microbial contamination

SUBMITTER: Carson LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11371268 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature