Using Integrated Environmental Modeling to Assess Sources of Microbial Contamination in Mixed-Use Watersheds.

ABSTRACT: Microbial fate and transport in watersheds should include a microbial source apportionment analysis that estimates the importance of each source, relative to each other and in combination, by capturing their impacts spatially and temporally under various scenarios. A loosely configured software infrastructure was used in microbial source-to-receptor modeling by focusing on animal- and human-impacted mixed-use watersheds. Components include data collection software, a microbial source module that determines loading rates from different sources, a watershed model, an inverse model for calibrating flows and microbial densities, tabular and graphical viewers, software to convert output to different formats, and a model for calculating risk from pathogen exposure. The system automates, as much

SUBMITTER: Kim K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6545896 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature