Project 2671

Development of Event-Based Pathogen Monitoring Strategies for Watersheds

$636,411
Completed
Principal Investigator
Paula Rees
Project Manager
Linda J Reekie
Contractor
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Microbes & Pathogens
Monitoring
Source Water Protection

Abstract

Develops and validates a strategy for selection of sampling locations, frequencies and methods to accurately depict pathogen occurrence and variability in relation to various sources within watersheds during and after weather, hydrologic, or land-use events. Research partner: USEPA. Published in 2006.