AN ANALYSIS OF COLIFORM BACTERIA IN THE UPPER ILLINOIS WATERWAY<sup>1</sup>

Lin, Swu–Jane; Evans, Ralph L.

doi:10.1111/j.1752-1688.1974.tb00638.x

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“…The FC/TC ratios observed for the Grey Cloud Slough area were very similar to that of raw sewage. It is of interest that other workers have implied that high FC/TC ratios are suggestive of inefficient wastewater treatment plants and conditions that require plants to bypass large volumes of untreated wastewater (29).…”

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“…(The data in this paper were presented in part at the 78th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Las Vegas, Nev., May 1978. The data are also part of a Great River Environmental Action Team report [ 29,400 I3) came from bottom sediment in that stretch of river extending from river mile 828.1 (about 1,333 km) downstream to mile 827.5 (about 1,332 km) (Fig. 1).…”

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Bacteriological water quality effects of hydraulically dredging contaminated upper Mississippi River bottom sediment

Grimes¹

1980

Appl Environ Microbiol

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Bacteriological effects of hydraulically dredging polluted bottom sediment in the navigation channel of the Upper Mississippi River (river mile 827.5 [about 1,332 km] to 828.1 [about 1,333 km]) were investigated. Bottom sediment in the dredging site contained high total coliform densities (about 6,800 most-probable-number total coliform index per g [dry weight] and 3,800 membrane filter total coliforms per g [dry weight]), and fecal coliforms comprised an average 32% of each total coliform count. Total coliform and fecal coliform densities in water samples taken immediately below the dredge discharge pipe were each approximately four times corresponding upstream values; fecal streptococcus densities were approximately 50 times corresponding upstream values. Correlation analysis indicated that mean turbidity values downstream to the dredging operation were directly and significantly (r greater than 0.94) related to corresponding total coliform, fecal coliform, and fecal streptococcus densities. Salmonellae and shigellae were not recovered from either upstream or downstream water samples. Turbidity and indicator bacteria levels had returned to predredge values within less than 2 km below the dredge spoil discharge area at the prevailing current velocity (about 0.15 m/s).

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Bacteriological water quality effects of hydraulically dredging contaminated upper Mississippi River bottom sediment

Grimes¹

1980

Appl Environ Microbiol

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“…The presence of coliform organisms in water has been attributed to influxes of allochthonous bacteria from waste discharges and surface water drainage. The proportion of fecal coliforms (FC) comprising the total coliform (TC) population or the total viable bacterial population can be used as an index of pollution from sanitary wastes ofhuman or other animal origin (10,13). The FC:fecal streptococci (FS) ratio has been suggested as an indicator of human versus animal origin of sanitary wastes and of the time interval between initial contamination and bacteriological sampling (5).…”

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Distribution and Significance of Fecal Indicator Organisms in the Upper Chesapeake Bay

Sayler¹,

Nelson²,

Justice³

et al. 1975

Applied Microbiology

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Total viable aerobic, heterotrophic bacteria, total coliforms, fecal coliforms, and fecal streptococci were enumerated in samples collected at five stations located in the Upper Chesapeake Bay, December 1973 through December 1974. Significant levels of pollution indicator organisms were detected at all of the stations sampled. Highest counts were observed in samples collected at the confluence of the Susquehanna River and the Chesapeake Bay. The indicator organisms examined were observed to be quantitatively distributed independently of temperature and salinity. Counts were not found to be correlated with concentration of suspended sediment. However, significant proportions of both the total viable bacteria (53%) and fecal indicator organisms (>80%) were directly associated with suspended sediments. Correlation coefficients (r) for the indicator organisms examined in this study ranged from r = 0.80 to r = 0.99 for bottom water and suspended sediment, respectively. Prolonged survival of fecal streptococci in most of the sediment samples was observed, with concomitant reduction of the correlation coefficient from r = 0.99, fecal streptococci to total coliforms in water, to r = 0.01, fecal streptococci to fecal coliforms in sediments. The results of this study compared favorably with fecal coliforms: fecal streptococci ratios for the various sample types. Characterization of organisms beyond the confirmed most-probable-number procedure provided good correlation between bacterial indicator groups.

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“…The most common were Cyclotella meneghiniana and Melosira granulata. These two species are commonly recovered in Illinois streams (Lin, et al, 1970(Lin, et al, , 1972(Lin, et al, , and 1975.…”

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PHYTOPLANKTON IN THE FOX CHAIN OF LAKES¹

Lin

Evans

Beuscher

1979

J American Water Resour Assoc

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As part of a comprehensive water quality investigation on the Fox Chain of Lakes during May to October 1975, water samples from the Chain and Cedar Lake (reference) at 25 locations were collected weekly or bi-weekly to determine the species and densities of algae. The results have been evaluated for algal composition, density, and succession for each lo cation.Sixty-four algal species were recovered from 414 samples. The number of species per sampling location varied from 10 at Channel Lake and Lake Marie to 26 on Fox Lake (main) and Grass Lake. Blue green algae were predominant and occurred at 25 of the 25 sampling stations. They consisted mainly of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae. The only flagellate of importance was Ceratium hirundinella, and significant concentrations of thisorganism were limited to Channel Lake and Lake Catherine. The only green alga bloom was created by Ulothrix variabilis on the waters of Pistakee Lake. Diatoms were quite signifcant on the shallower water bodies.Algal densities ranged from about 25 to 14,000 cts/ml. The highest count occurred on Mineola Bay. Other high counts ( > 10,000 ctslml) observed were waters taken from Channel Lake, Grass Lake, and Fox Lake (main). In Grass Lake, 60 percent of the collections had algal densities in excess of 2,000 cts/rnl. Most of these were the diatom Cyclotella meneghinbna.

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AN ANALYSIS OF COLIFORM BACTERIA IN THE UPPER ILLINOIS WATERWAY¹

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Bacteriological water quality effects of hydraulically dredging contaminated upper Mississippi River bottom sediment

Bacteriological water quality effects of hydraulically dredging contaminated upper Mississippi River bottom sediment

Distribution and Significance of Fecal Indicator Organisms in the Upper Chesapeake Bay

PHYTOPLANKTON IN THE FOX CHAIN OF LAKES¹

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Bacteriological water quality effects of hydraulically dredging contaminated upper Mississippi River bottom sediment

Bacteriological water quality effects of hydraulically dredging contaminated upper Mississippi River bottom sediment

Distribution and Significance of Fecal Indicator Organisms in the Upper Chesapeake Bay

PHYTOPLANKTON IN THE FOX CHAIN OF LAKES1

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AN ANALYSIS OF COLIFORM BACTERIA IN THE UPPER ILLINOIS WATERWAY¹

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