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Main Title Non-Point Source Studies on Chesapeake Bay. III. Relationship between Bacterial Contamination and Land Use in the Rhode River Watershed, and Survival Studies of 'Streptococcus faecalis' in the Estuary.
Author Faust, Maria A. ; Goff, Nancy M. ; Jackson., Anne C. ;
CORP Author Smithsonian Institution, Edgewater, Md. Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies. ;Chesapeake Research Consortium, Inc., Baltimore, Md.;National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs.;Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
Year Published 1977
Report Number NSF-ENV76-22045 ;EPA-R-804536-01; NSF/RA-770382;
Stock Number PB-276 862
Additional Subjects Bacteria ; Land use ; Surface water runoff ; Rhode River ; Water pollution ; Salmonella ; Watersheds ; Coliform bacteria ; Streptococcus ; Seasonal variations ; Temperature ; Water flow ; Mathematical models ; Feces ; Dissolved gases ; Oxygen ; Survival ; Salinity ; Concentration(Composition) ; Tables(Data) ; Maryland ; Chesapeake Bay ; Water quality data ; Nonpoint sources
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NTIS  PB-276 862 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
In Part III of this project, the contribution of 983 hectare of rural watershed to the fecal coliform (FC) and fecal streptococci (FS) pollution in water runoff entering the Rhode River was examined. The survival of Streptococcus faecalis MC-5 of fecal origin in the Rhode River estuary as affected by time, water temperature, dissolved oxygen, salinity and montmorillonite in diffusion chambers was determined. As a result of this study the following conclusions were made: (1) The effect of basin characteristics was the same on FC and FS discharge and on water flow; (2) Fecal coliform pollution in runoff water varies with the seasons of the year; (3) The contribution of each land use component to FC and FS discharge in a multiple land use watershed can be calculated by the use of a statistical model; (4) Water temperature is the most important factor in predicting fecal streptococci survival from point and non-point sources in assessing water quality in an estuarine system.