Microbial Monitoring of Vulnerable Public Groundwater Supplies

Quantifies water quality changes that take place during transit from surface water recharge points to groundwater production wells supplying drinking water. Reports on use of state-of-the-art isotope tracer...

Compares conventional bacterial indicators and proposed bacteriophage indicators for assessing potential fecal contamination of groundwater. Research partner: USEPA. Ended in 2000. A report of partial findings is available...

Develops a molecular-based assay to detect a broad range of calicivirus strains. Applies the assay to environmental samples and determines the occurrence of caliciviruses in source, finished, and...