Project 2566

Field Transport of Cryptosporidium Surrogate in a Grazed Catchment

$210,467
Completed
Principal Investigator
Appiah Amirtharajah
Project Manager
Linda J Reekie
Contractor
Georgia Institute of Technology
Microbes & Pathogens

Research Impact

Investigates the transport of a Cryptosporidium surrogate (polystyrene microspheres) through unsaturated soils at an undisturbed field site used for cattle production. Also examines approaches to modeling oocyst transport in unsaturated soils using laboratory column studies and an existing one-dimensional hydrological transport model. Published in 2002.