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Riparian Attenuation of Faecal Microbes

Objective 2 of the Pathogen Transmission Routes Research Programme

MAF Technical Paper No: 2003/7

ISBN No: 0-478-07773-4
ISSN No: 1171-4662

October 2003

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Contents

• Executive Summary
  • 1. Faecal Contamination of Surface Runoff
  • 2. Riparian Attenuation of Faecal Microbes
• 1. Delivery of Faecal Contamination to Waterways by Surface Runoff – Large Scale Rainfall Simulator Experiments
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Methodology and site description
  • 1.3 Results
  • 1.4 Discussion
• 2. Riparian Attenuation of Faecal Microbes
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Methodology
  • 2.3 Experimental Design
    • 2.3.1 Soil Drainage
  • 2.4 Experimental Procedure
    • 2.4.1 Experiment 1
    • 2.4.2 Experiment 2
    • 2.4.3 Experiment 3
    • 2.4.4 Microbial Analysis
  • 2.5 Results
    • 2.5.1 Objective A: To Determine the Impact of Flow Rate Upon Microbial Attenuation
    • 2.5.2 Objective B: To Determine the Relative Importance of Subsurface Flow as a Transmission Pathway
    • 2.5.3 Objective C: To Compare Microbe Attenuation Under Differing Types of Applied Faecal Material (Liquid Dairy Effluent Versus Relatively Dry Pats)
  • 2.6 Discussion
• 3. References
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