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Downstream Survival Of Total Bacteria, Escherichia Coli And Salmonella Spp. In Sinking Creek And Evaluation Of The Effectiveness Of The Implemented Constructed Wetland, Blaire Brooks

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Access to good quality, pathogen-free water is a necessity for human life. Pathogencontaminated water poses a threat to human health, and steps must be taken to minimize that risk using remediation techniques, such as constructed wetlands. Sinking Creek is a tributary of the Watauga River that was placed on the 2016 303(d) list published by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation due to the presence of Escherichia coli. Because of this impairment, a constructed wetland was placed in Sinking Creek to decrease the downstream transport of pathogens. Knowing this, three primary goals were made for this experiment. The first …