Assessing the Impact of Climate Change and Land Use Variation on Microbial Transport Using Watershed Scale-modeling | Zendy

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Assessing the Impact of Climate Change and Land Use Variation on Microbial Transport Using Watershed Scale-modeling

Author(s) -

Rory Coffey,

Brian Leslie Benham,

Leigh Anne Krometis,

Mary Leigh Wolfe,

Enda Cummins

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

online journal of public health informatics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1947-2579

DOI - 10.5210/ojphi.v6i1.5044

Subject(s) - watershed , climate change , environmental science , land use , scale (ratio) , human health , land use, land use change and forestry , environmental resource management , water quality , hydrology (agriculture) , ecology , geography , computer science , environmental health , engineering , biology , medicine , cartography , machine learning , geotechnical engineering

Uncertainty surrounding microbial fate and transport renders the assessment of climate change effects on waterborne pathogens complex and difficult to forecast. The objective of this study is to use watershed modeling to predict the impacts of future climate change and land management scenarios on microbial water quality. Preliminary findings suggest an increased risk to human health due to direct consequences of climate change. Results of watershed-scale microbial load modeling can inform the adoption of pollution control measures required to protect human health and aid development of new water policy.

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