Using SWAT, Bacteroidales microbial source tracking markers, and fecal indicator bacteria to predict waterborne pathogen occurrence in an agricultural watershed

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 6326-6337

  Frey, Steven K ^a   Topp, Edward ^a   Edge, Thomas ^b   Fall, Claudia ^c   Gannon, Victor ^d   Jokinen, Cassandra ^d   Marti, Romain ^a   Neumann, Norman ^e,f   Ruecker, Norma ^f,g   Wilkes, Graham ^a   Lapen, David R ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Canada Foundation for Innovation   (Canada)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f PROVINCIAL LABORATORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agricultural watershed water quality; Bacteroidales; Microbial source tracking; MST; Soil and water assessment tool; SWAT; Water borne pathogen prediction; Water quality; Watershed modelling

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FORECASTING; HEALTH RISKS; PATHOGENS; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER POLLUTION; SALMONELLA; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; TREES (MATHEMATICS); WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL WATERSHED WATER QUALITY; AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; BACTEROIDALE; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; MST; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOLS; SOIL WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; WATER BORNE PATHOGEN PREDICTION; WATER-BORNE PATHOGENS; WATERSHED MODELLING;

SWAT;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; SOIL WATER;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BACTERIUM; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMARKER; CATTLE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PUBLIC HEALTH; SOIL WATER; STREAMFLOW; SUSPENDED LOAD; TRACKING; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AIR TEMPERATURE; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTEROIDALES; CAMPYLOBACTER; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES MICROFLORA; GIARDIA; INDICATOR ORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SOIL WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

BACTEROIDALES; BOS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H-; GIARDIA; SALMONELLA;

AGRICULTURAL WATERSHED WATER QUALITY; BACTEROIDALES; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; MST; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SWAT; WATER BORNE PATHOGEN PREDICTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED MODELLING;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; FRESH WATER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84885384311     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.08.010     Document Type: Article

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