A paper was recently published featuring CESH Director M. Elias Dueker and CESH-affiliated faculty Gabriel Perron, along with Carolina Oliveira de Santana, Pieter Spealman, and David Gresham. The paper was published in April by Science Direct and entitled, “Bacterial and DNA contamination of a small freshwater waterway used for drinking water after a large precipitation event.” It discusses the contamination of local drinking water sources and the connection to heavy rainfall. The abstract states: “This study suggests that large precipitation events are an important cause of bacterial and DNA contamination for freshwater tributaries, with runoff from the surrounding environment being an important factor.”
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