{"id":200,"date":"2010-01-01T22:36:38","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T22:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/science\/?p=200"},"modified":"2010-01-14T22:39:27","modified_gmt":"2010-01-14T22:39:27","slug":"viral-tracer-studies-indicate-contamination-of-marine-waters-by-sewage-disposal-practices-in-key-largo-florida-by-j-paul-et-al","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/science\/2010\/01\/01\/viral-tracer-studies-indicate-contamination-of-marine-waters-by-sewage-disposal-practices-in-key-largo-florida-by-j-paul-et-al\/","title":{"rendered":"Applied &#038; Environmental Microbiology: Viral Tracer Studies Indicate Contamination Of Marine Waters By Sewage Disposal Practices In Key Largo, Florida by J. Paul, et. al."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: darkgreen; font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aem.asm.org\/cgi\/content\/abstract\/61\/6\/2230\">http:\/\/aem.asm.org\/cgi\/content\/abstract\/61\/6\/2230<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: darkgreen; font-size: medium;\">John H. Paul, Joan B. Rose,<br \/>\nJordan Brown, Eugene A. Shinn,<br \/>\nSteven Miller, and<br \/>\nSamuel R. Farrah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Appl. Environ. Microbiol., Jun 1995, 2230-2234, Vol 61, No. 6 1995, American Society for Microbiology <\/span>ABSTRACT<\/p>\n<p>Domestic wastewater disposal practices in the Florida Keys are primarily limited to on-site disposal systems such as septic tanks, injection wells, and illegal cesspits. Poorly treated sewage is thus released into the highly porous surface subsurface Key Largo Matrix.<\/p>\n<p>To investigate the fate and transport of sewage in the subsurface environment and the potential for contamination of marine surface waters, we employed bacteriophages IO HSIC-1 from the septic tank to adjacent surface canal waters and outstanding marine waters occurred in as little as 11 and 23 hours, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Transport of the Salmonella phage PRD! from the simulated injection well to a canal adjacent to the injection site occurred in 11.2 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Estimated rates of migration of viral tracers ranged from 0.57 to 24.2 m\/r over 500-fold greater than flow rates measured previously by subsurface flow meters in similar environments.<\/p>\n<p>These results suggest that current on-site disposal practices can lead to contamination of the subsurface marine waters in the Keys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/aem.asm.org\/cgi\/content\/abstract\/61\/6\/2230 John H. Paul, Joan B. Rose, Jordan Brown, Eugene A. Shinn, Steven Miller, and Samuel R. Farrah Appl. Environ. Microbiol., Jun 1995, 2230-2234, Vol 61, No. 6 1995, American Society for Microbiology ABSTRACT Domestic wastewater disposal practices in the Florida Keys are primarily limited to on-site disposal systems such as septic tanks, injection wells, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/science\/2010\/01\/01\/viral-tracer-studies-indicate-contamination-of-marine-waters-by-sewage-disposal-practices-in-key-largo-florida-by-j-paul-et-al\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Applied &#038; Environmental Microbiology: Viral Tracer Studies Indicate Contamination Of Marine Waters By Sewage Disposal Practices In Key Largo, Florida by J. 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