PMID- 11381749
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20010614
LR  - 20191104
IS  - 0025-326X (Print)
IS  - 0025-326X (Linking)
VI  - 42
IP  - 4
DP  - 2001 Apr
TI  - Assessment and impact of microbial fecal pollution and human enteric pathogens in 
      a coastal community.
PG  - 286-93
AB  - The goals of this study were to assess watersheds impacted by high densities of 
      OSDS (onsite sewage disposal systems) for evidence of fecal contamination and 
      evaluate the occurrence of human pathogens in coastal waters off west Florida. 
      Eleven stations (representing six watersheds) were intensively sampled for 
      microbial indicators of fecal pollution (fecal coliform bacteria, enterococci, 
      Clostridium perfringens and coliphage) and the human enteric pathogens, 
      Cryptosporidium, Giardia, and enteroviruses during the summer rainy season 
      (May-September 1996). Levels of all indicators ranged between < 5 and > 4000 
      CFU/100 ml. Cryptosporidium and Giardia were detected infrequently (6.8% and 2.3% 
      of samples tested positive, respectively). Conversely, infectious enteroviruses 
      were detected at low levels in 5 of the 6 watersheds sampled. Using cluster 
      analysis, sites were grouped into two categories, high and low risks, based on 
      combined levels of indicators. These results suggest that stations of highest 
      pollution risk were located within areas of high OSDS densities. Furthermore, 
      data indicate a subsurface transport of contaminated water to surface waters. The 
      high prevalence of enteroviruses throughout the study area suggests a chronic 
      pollution problem and potential risk to recreational swimmers in and around 
      Sarasota Bay.
FAU - Lipp, E K
AU  - Lipp EK
AD  - College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 140 7th Ave S, St 
      Petersburg, FL 33701, USA. lipp@umbi.umd.edu
FAU - Farrah, S A
AU  - Farrah SA
FAU - Rose, J B
AU  - Rose JB
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Mar Pollut Bull
JT  - Marine pollution bulletin
JID - 0260231
RN  - 0 (Sewage)
SB  - IM
MH  - *Bacteria
MH  - Enterovirus Infections
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Feces
MH  - Florida
MH  - Humans
MH  - Public Health
MH  - Recreation
MH  - *Refuse Disposal
MH  - *Sewage
MH  - Swimming
MH  - Water Pollution/*analysis
EDAT- 2001/05/31 10:00
MHDA- 2001/06/15 10:01
CRDT- 2001/05/31 10:00
PHST- 2001/05/31 10:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2001/06/15 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 2001/05/31 10:00 [entrez]
AID - S0025-326X(00)00152-1 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/s0025-326x(00)00152-1 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Mar Pollut Bull. 2001 Apr;42(4):286-93. doi: 10.1016/s0025-326x(00)00152-1.