Surface
Water Bacterial Fluctuation in the Upper Hoosic River Watershed
Elena
Traister
Elena Traister implemented
a robust water quality sampling program with two objectives: first, to understand
whether bacterial (E. coli) pollution was a problem within the upper
Hoosic River Watershed and second, to determine the most representative
sampling program to characterize water quality. She found that decreasing
forest cover was relational to decreasing water quality. She also found
that water quality monitoring, in addition to consideration of weather variables,
should be consistent with time of day and time of year to accurately characterize
changing water quality.
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