Long-term characterization of residential runoff and assessing potential surrogates of fecal indicator organisms

Urban Stormwater Characterization, Control, and Treatment

“…BothLiao et al (2015) andHathaway et al (2015) indicate that similar processes seem to be influencing the variability of multiple types of fecal indicator bacteria and they are correlated to one another, indicating that microbial models may be adaptable among the various types of indicators. For eight watersheds in California,Reano et al (2015) concluded that three fourths of microbial loading in these basins actually occurred during dry conditions. Finally, Thériault and Duchesne (2015) utilized the SWMM model in a watershed in Canada that contained subwatersheds with specific indicator bacteria sources to determine the source of bacterial pollution and recommend locations and source types (combined sewer overflow versus stormwater runoff)…”