Journal
WATER RESEARCH
Volume 100, Issue -, Pages 38-56Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2016.04.064
Keywords
Fecal indicator organism (FIO); Catchment scale; Fate and transport model; Non-point source pollution; Pathogens
Funding
- Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Education [NRF-2014R1A1A2059680]
- UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) as part of the 'PRACTICAL Modelling' project [NE/M005860/1]
- USDA-ARS project Pathogenic microorganisms in irrigation waters
- Clean Water, Productive Land research programme - New Zealand Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment [C10x1006]
- Natural Environment Research Council [NE/M005860/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- NERC [NE/M005860/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Natural waters serve as habitat for a wide range of microorganisms, a proportion of which may be derived from fecal material. A number of watershed models have been developed to understand and predict the fate and transport of fecal microorganisms within complex watersheds, as well as to determine whether microbial water quality standards can be satisfied under site-specific meteorological and/or management conditions. The aim of this review is to highlight and critically evaluate developments in the modeling of microbial water quality of surface waters over the last 10 years and to discuss the future of model development and application at the watershed scale, with a particular focus on fecal indicator organisms (FIOs). In doing so, an agenda of research opportunities is identified to help deliver improvements in the modeling of microbial water quality draining through complex landscape systems. This comprehensive review therefore provides a timely steer to help strengthen future modeling capability of FIOs in surface water environments and provides a useful resource to complement the development of risk management strategies to reduce microbial impairment of freshwater sources. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license
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