{"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 & 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":"

http:\/\/aem.asm.org\/cgi\/content\/abstract\/61\/6\/2230<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

John H. Paul, Joan B. Rose,
\nJordan Brown, Eugene A. Shinn,
\nSteven Miller, and
\nSamuel R. Farrah<\/span><\/p>\n

Appl. Environ. Microbiol., Jun 1995, 2230-2234, Vol 61, No. 6 1995, American Society for Microbiology <\/span>ABSTRACT<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

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":"

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, … Continue reading Applied & Environmental Microbiology: Viral Tracer Studies Indicate Contamination Of Marine Waters By Sewage Disposal Practices In Key Largo, Florida by J. Paul, et. al.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t