Sentences with phrase «fecal water contamination»

Determining the source of fecal water contamination, can protect humans and the environment from potentially pathogenic E. coli from human and animal excreta.

Fecal water contamination occurs when excreta from humans or animals enter a water source due to e.g. sewage leakage or inadequate wastewater treatment.

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Even if you're planning to use your own backyard pool, swim diapers are a must to keep your baby and the rest of your family healthy and avoid fecal contamination of the pool water!

Fecal contamination in water is one of the most common reasons for human diseases.

Technology capable of sampling water systems to find indicators of fecal matter contamination that are thousandths and even millionths of times smaller than those found by conventional methods is being developed by a team of researchers at Texas A&M University.

In other words, finding trace amounts of contaminants such as fecal matter in water systems can help sound the alarm for a serious contamination event because these trace amounts likely originate from a larger source in the water system, he notes.

What local water agencies currently do is collect water samples, culture the bacteria overnight, and then check the growth level of two types of bacteria, E. coli and Enterococcus, which are presumed to be indicators of fecal contamination.

Cats become infected through fecal contamination or through consuming fecally contaminated food or water.