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AWIWPCA STATES HELPING STATES CLL ON MST
Citation:
SANTO-DOMINGO, J. W. AWIWPCA STATES HELPING STATES CLL ON MST. To be Presented at ASWPCA Organizer, Cincinnati, OH, November 03, 2004.
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Presented paper.
Description:
Several Microbial Source Tracking (MST) tools are now being applied in the development of TMDL plans and in the evaluation of best management practices. However, due to the relatively recent development of MST most environmental managers and scientists have little training and experience in the application of MST methods to TMDL plans. To date there is no single method that could be applied to all types of fecally contaminated water systems. This is due, in part, to the fact that several factors can control the level of complexity of a particular water system, which has a direct impact in choosing the best method for the identification of primary sources of pollution. Moreover, there is a lack of consistency between the various laboratories performing some of the MST techniques that keeps them from sharing data. The Office of Research and Development recognizes the importance of effective pollution management measures and the need to develop, evaluate, validate, and standardize methods that could help stakeholders address current fecal pollution issues. To this end, ORD decided to put together an MST guide document that will explain some of the issues concerning MST and it application to real life samples. In this seminar we will discuss some of the main chapters of the MST guide document.