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Human Bacteroides and total coliforms as indicators of recent combined sewer overflows and rain events in urban creeks

Overview of attention for article published in Science of the Total Environment, March 2018
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Title
Human Bacteroides and total coliforms as indicators of recent combined sewer overflows and rain events in urban creeks
Published in
Science of the Total Environment, March 2018
DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.108
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Shannon McGinnis, Susan Spencer, Aaron Firnstahl, Joel Stokdyk, Mark Borchardt, David T. McCarthy, Heather M. Murphy

Abstract

Combined sewer overflows (CSOs) are a known source of human fecal pollution and human pathogens in urban water bodies, which may present a significant public health threat. To monitor human fecal contamination in water, bacterial fecal indicator organisms (FIOs) are traditionally used. However, because FIOs are not specific to human sources and do not correlate with human pathogens, alternative fecal indicators detected using qPCR are becoming of interest to policymakers. For this reason, this study measured correlations between the number and duration of CSOs and mm of rainfall, concentrations of traditional FIOs and alternative indicators, and the presence of human pathogens in two urban creeks. Samples were collected May-July 2016 and analyzed for concentrations of FIOs (total coliforms and E. coli) using membrane filtration as well as for three alternative fecal indicators (human Bacteroides HF183 marker, human polyomavirus (HPoV), pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV)) and nine human pathogens using qPCR. Four of the nine pathogens analyzed were detected at these sites including adenovirus, Enterohemorrhagic E. coli, norovirus, and Salmonella. Among all indicators studied, human Bacteroides and total coliforms were significantly correlated with recent CSO and rainfall events, while E. coli, PMMoV, and HPoV did not show consistent significant correlations. Further, human Bacteroides were a more specific indicator, while total coliforms were a more sensitive indicator of CSO and rainfall events. Results may have implications for the use and interpretation of these indicators in future policy or monitoring programs.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 96 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 20 21%
Student > Master 16 17%
Researcher 13 14%
Student > Bachelor 8 8%
Other 7 7%
Other 13 14%
Unknown 19 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Environmental Science 26 27%
Engineering 13 14%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 9 9%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 6%
Immunology and Microbiology 3 3%
Other 12 13%
Unknown 27 28%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 March 2018.
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#14,789,745
of 25,382,440 outputs
Outputs from Science of the Total Environment
#15,381
of 29,635 outputs
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#177,730
of 348,050 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Science of the Total Environment
#276
of 563 outputs
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