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Animal Waste, Water Quality and Human Health

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322<strong>Animal</strong> <strong>Waste</strong>, <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Quality</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Human</strong> <strong>Health</strong>better correlation to swimmer-related illness than current bacterial indicators undercertain conditions (Table 9.1). Chemical tracers (faecal sterols, caffeine, <strong>and</strong>optical brighteners) have also been considered as alternative or secondaryindicators of surface water quality (Isobe et al. 2004, Ferreira 2005, Cao et al.2009, Hussain et al. 2010) (Table 9.1).Table 9.1Traditional <strong>and</strong> alternative indicators of faecal contamination.Indicator Method ReferenceE. coli Membrane FiltrationONPG-MUGUS EPA Method 1603ISO 9308APHA Method 9223/2005Enterococci Membrane FiltrationMPN/EnterolertUS EPA Method 1600ISO 7839ASTM D6503-99 (2009)Pseudomonas spp. Membrane Filtration/MPNMembrane FiltrationAPHA 9213E, 9213FCYS EN ISO 16266:2008Bacteroidales PCRReal-time PCRBernhard & Field 2000Seurinck et al. 2005ClostridiumperfringensMembrane Filtrationm-CP Medium, 98/83/ECMembrane FiltrationISO 6461/2:1986F+ RNA/DNAColiphagesSingle Agar LayerUS EPA Method 1602Presence-AbsenceUS EPA Method 1601Enterovirus Membrane Filtration/RT-PCR Gilgen et al. 1997Faecal sterols Gas-Liquid Chromatography Murtaugh & Bunch 1967Caffeine GC/MS Buerge et al. 2003Peeler et al. 2006Verenitch & Mazumder 2008Optical Brighteners Fluorometry Hartel et al. 2007At one time, a comparison of the faecal coliform/faecal streptococci (FC/FS)ratio was thought to provide a reasonably precise indication of recent faecalcontamination by warm-blooded animals; humans if the ratio was four or greater<strong>and</strong> other animals if the ratio was less than one (Geldreich & Kenner 1969, Hai &Hongdao 1982). Opinion regarding this technique has changed due to thedifferential die-off rates of faecal streptococci species <strong>and</strong> this assessmentmethod is no longer recommended for gauging surface water quality (Pourcheret al. 1991, APHA 1989). While the FC/FS ratio is no longer recommended asa st<strong>and</strong>-alone source tracking method, traditional <strong>and</strong>/or alternative indicators,

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