Project 3124

Watershed Pathogen Modeling for Risk Management and Load Estimations

$2,221,807
Completed
Principal Investigator
Christobel Ferguson
Senior Account Manager
Jennifer I Warner
Contractor
ALS
Microbes & Pathogens
Risk Assessment
Source Water Protection

Abstract

Develops mathematical models in a form that would allow users with different levels of information to estimate the likely ranges in concentrations and loads for key pathogens (such as Cryptosporidium, Giardia, and pathogenic E. coli) from general classes of watershed land use, slope, soil type, rainfall, and vegetation status. This Web-only report is publicly available on the Foundation Website. Research partner: WQRA. Published in 2010.