Journal
WATER
Volume 2, Issue 2, Pages 273-284Publisher
MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/w2020273
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land use; wildfire; turbidity; E. coli; microbial concentrations; total suspended solids; storm runoff; cryptosporidium spp.
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- U.S. National Institutes of Health under the Minority Biomedical Research
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Microbial concentrations, total suspended solids (TSS) and turbidity vary with stream hydrology and land use. Turbidity, TSS, and microbial concentrations, loads and yields from four watersheds were assessed: an unburned montane forest, a catastrophically burned montane forest, urban land use and rangeland prairie. Concentrations and loads for most water quality variables were greatest during storm events. Turbidity was an effective indicator of TSS, E. coli and Enterococci spp. The greatest threat to public health from microbial contamination occurs during storm runoff events. Efforts to manage surface runoff and erosion would likely improve water quality of the upper Pecos River basin in New Mexico, USA.
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