TY - GEN
T1 - Relationship between fecal coliform and E.coli within Kentucky River Basin
AU - Akasapu, Madhu
AU - Ormsbee, Lindell
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Various bacteria have been proposed and used in the past as possible indicators of the presence of pathogens in surface waters. Fecal coliform and E.coli are two of the more widely used indicators. While fecal coliform has been used extensively by both federal EPA and various state governments, E.coli has only more recently been adopted by various states (such as Kentucky) following EPA's 1986 decision to recommend its use. As a consequence, many state regulatory and research databases contain significant fecal coliform data but more sparse E.coli data. Thus, it would be useful to have a relationship between fecal and E.coli data so that historical data sets could be updated for the purposes of establishing and evaluating water quality trends. This paper presents just such a relationship that was developed from data collected from central Kentucky over a multi year period.
AB - Various bacteria have been proposed and used in the past as possible indicators of the presence of pathogens in surface waters. Fecal coliform and E.coli are two of the more widely used indicators. While fecal coliform has been used extensively by both federal EPA and various state governments, E.coli has only more recently been adopted by various states (such as Kentucky) following EPA's 1986 decision to recommend its use. As a consequence, many state regulatory and research databases contain significant fecal coliform data but more sparse E.coli data. Thus, it would be useful to have a relationship between fecal and E.coli data so that historical data sets could be updated for the purposes of establishing and evaluating water quality trends. This paper presents just such a relationship that was developed from data collected from central Kentucky over a multi year period.
KW - Kentucky
KW - River basins
KW - Viruses
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/79960424141
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/79960424141#tab=citedBy
U2 - 10.1061/41173(414)191
DO - 10.1061/41173(414)191
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79960424141
SN - 9780784411735
T3 - World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2011: Bearing Knowledge for Sustainability - Proceedings of the 2011 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress
SP - 1840
EP - 1849
BT - World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2011
T2 - World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2011: Bearing Knowledge for Sustainability
Y2 - 22 May 2011 through 26 May 2011
ER -