Bacterial and Viral Source Tracking in the Pocantico and Sparkill Creek Watersheds
| dc.contributor.author | Connors, Bernadette | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-07-22T17:44:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-07-22T17:44:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description | This report was prepared for the New York State Water Resources Institute (WRI) and the Hudson River Estuary program of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, with support from the NYS Environmental Protection Fund | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | In New York State, 792 waterbodies are on the “Impaired/TMDL” list, which identifies bodies of water that might require remediation. The Sparkill Creek, placed on the list first in 2010, empties into the Hudson River. It faces issues with stormwater runoff, causing elevated levels of pathogens in the creek and decreased oxygen availability. According to published data, the levels of the indicator bacteria are 24 times higher than EPA standards. The Pocantico River, located in Westchester County, faces many of these same issues. Both were tested for microbial and coliphage loads and diversity as related to weather events. Coliform and E. coli levels were measured, with a significant increase found with a rainfall event for both sampling locations. The coliphage numbers and diversity were also significantly different with a rain event. Microbial community analyses were also completed. Of note was increased prevalence of Enterobacter and Escherichia three miles from the mouth of the creek. Future studies include a more thorough analysis of the microbial community data in both time and space, along with further testing of the fungal, bacterial, and algal populations. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1813/115371 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | New York State Water Resources Institute | en_US |
| dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International | * |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ | * |
| dc.subject | HREP | en_US |
| dc.subject | Dominican College | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hudson River | en_US |
| dc.subject | Lower Hudson | en_US |
| dc.subject | Piermont | en_US |
| dc.subject | Environmental Assessment | en_US |
| dc.subject | Fecal Indicator Bacteria | en_US |
| dc.subject | Wastewater | en_US |
| dc.subject | Microbial Source Tracking | en_US |
| dc.title | Bacterial and Viral Source Tracking in the Pocantico and Sparkill Creek Watersheds | en_US |
| dc.type | report | en_US |
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