This paper discusses a tool under development to aid in source water protection that is called Microbial Source Tracking
(MST). The concept of MST is that the origins of pollution can be traced using
microbiological, genotypic, phenotypic and/or chemical methods (Scott et al., 2002).
MST can be used to provide the scientific basis for identifying microbial input sources to
source waters. Once a contaminant source is identified by MST methods, a utility can
develop and implement a targeted remediation strategy without spending money and
effort on "false" sources that may be indicated by land use analysis or sanitary surveys
alone. Many MST tools involve molecular analyses; however, this study focused on tools
which would be more easily and less expensively implemented by watershed managers.
The objective of this study was to determine the utility of MST in discerning sources of
microbial contamination in a watershed. Includes 6 references, figures.
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| Number of Pages : | 6 |
| Published : | 06/17/2004 |
