Antibiotic resistance in urban runoff

A Almakki, E Jumas-Bilak, H Marchandin… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Aquatic ecosystems subjected to anthropogenic pressures are places of rapid evolution of
microbial communities and likely hotspots for selection and emergence of antibiotic resistant …

Microbial source tracking markers for detection of fecal contamination in environmental waters: relationships between pathogens and human health outcomes

VJ Harwood, C Staley, BD Badgley… - FEMS microbiology …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Microbial source tracking (MST) describes a suite of methods and an investigative strategy
for determination of fecal pollution sources in environmental waters that rely on the …

A review on microbial contaminants in stormwater runoff and outfalls: Potential health risks and mitigation strategies

W Ahmed, K Hamilton, S Toze, S Cook… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Demands on global water supplies are increasing in response to the need to provide more
food, water, and energy for a rapidly growing population. These water stressors are …

Emerging contaminants in wastewater, stormwater runoff, and surface water: Application as chemical markers for diffuse sources

NH Tran, M Reinhard, E Khan, H Chen… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Diffuse sources of pollution such as sewer leakages, sewer overflows, illicit discharges and
stormwater runoff affect the urban surface water quality but often remain unknown …

High levels of sewage contamination released from urban areas after storm events: A quantitative survey with sewage specific bacterial indicators

HT Olds, SR Corsi, DK Dila, KM Halmo… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Past studies have demonstrated an association between waterborne disease
and heavy precipitation, and climate change is predicted to increase the frequency of these …

Assessing the ecosystem services of various types of urban green spaces based on i-Tree Eco

P Song, G Kim, A Mayer, R He, G Tian - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Urban green spaces play a crucial role in maintaining urban ecosystem sustainability by
providing numerous ecosystem services. How to quantify and evaluate the ecological …

Non-point source fecal contamination from aging wastewater infrastructure is a primary driver of antibiotic resistance in surface waters

J Damashek, JR Westrich, JMB McDonald… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance is a global threat to human health. Many surface water resources are
environmental hotspots of antibiotic resistant gene (ARG) transfer, with agricultural runoff …

Precipitation influences pathogenic bacteria and antibiotic resistance gene abundance in storm drain outfalls in coastal sub-tropical waters

W Ahmed, Q Zhang, A Lobos, J Senkbeil… - Environment …, 2018 - Elsevier
Stormwater contamination can threaten the health of aquatic ecosystems and human
exposed to runoff via nutrient and pathogen influxes. In this study, the concentrations of 11 …

Quantification of pathogens and markers of fecal contamination during storm events along popular surfing beaches in San Diego, California

JA Steele, AD Blackwood, JF Griffith, RT Noble… - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Along southern California beaches, the concentrations of fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) used
to quantify the potential presence of fecal contamination in coastal recreational waters have …

A microbial signature approach to identify fecal pollution in the waters off an urbanized coast of Lake Michigan

RJ Newton, MJ Bootsma, HG Morrison, ML Sogin… - Microbial ecology, 2013 - Springer
Urban coasts receive watershed drainage from ecosystems that include highly developed
lands with sewer and stormwater infrastructure. In these complex ecosystems, coastal …