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OWML: Publications

REPORTS

TECHNIQUES AND METHODS:

Procedures for developing models to predict exceedance of recreational water-quality standards at coastal beaches, by Donna S. Francy and Robert A. Darner.

Selection and application of microbial source tracking tools for water-quality investigations: USGS Techniques and Methods 2-A3, by Donald M Stoeckel.

2003. Fecal indicator viruses: in National Field Manual for the collection of water-quality data—Biological indicators, U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water Resources Investigations, book 9, chap. A7, section 7.2, by Rebecca N. Bushon.

2003. Protozoan pathogens: in National Field Manual for the collection of water-quality data—Biological indicators, U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water Resources Investigations, book 9, chap. A7, section 7.3, by Rebecca N. Bushon and Donna S. Francy.

SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION REPORTS (formerly WRIR):

SIR2006-5298  Use of spatial sampling and microbial source-tracking tools for understanding fecal contamination at two Lake Erie beaches, by Donna S. Francy, E. E. Bertke, Dennis P. Finnegan, Christopher M. Kephart, John Rhoades, and Lester Stumpe.

SIR2006-5192  Models for predicting recreational water quality at Lake Erie beaches, by Donna S. Francy, E. E. Bertke, and Robert A. Darner.

SIR2004-5219 Environmental factors and chemical and microbiological water-quality constituents related to the presence of enteric viruses in ground water from small public water supplies in southeastern Michigan, by Donna S. Francy, Rebecca N. Bushon, Julie Stopar, Emma J. Luzano, and G. Shay Fout.

WRIR 03-4333 Microbiological Water Quality in Relation to Water-Contact Recreation, Cuyahoga River, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio, 2000 and 2002, by Rebecca N. Bushon and G.F. Koltun.

WRIR 02-4285 Escherichia coli at Ohio Bathing Beaches --Distribution, Sources, wastewater Indicators, and Predictive Modeling, by Donna S. Francy, Amie M. Gifford, and Robert A. Darner

WRIR 02-4122 Water Quality of the Mahoning River and Selected Tributaries in Youngstown, Ohio, by Donald M. Stoeckel and S. Alex Covert

WRIR 00-4018 Microbiological Monitoring for the U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment Program, by Donna S.  Francy, Donna N. Myers, and Dennis R. Helsel.

WRIR 98-4241 Factors Affecting Escherichia coli Concentrations at Lake Erie Public Bathing Beaches, by Donna S. Francy and Robert A. Darner.

WRIR 98-4089 Effects of Hydrologic, Biological, and Environmental Processes on Sources and Concentrations of Fecal Bacteria in the Cuyahoga River, with Implications for Management of Recreational Waters in Summit and Cuyahoga Counties, Ohio, by Donna N. Myers, G. F. Koltun, and Donna S. Francy.

WRIR 96-4199 Effects of Receiving-Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment on Injury, Survival, and Regrowth of Fecal-Indicator Bacteria and Implications for Assessment of Recreational Water Quality, by Donna S. Francy, Teresa L. Hart, and Cathy M. Virosteck.

WRIR 93-4083 Escherichia Coli and Fecal-coliform Bacteria as Indicators of Recreational Water Quality, by Donna S. Francy, Donna N. Myers, and Kevin D. Metzker.

WRIR 92-4130 Distribution and Variability of Fecal-indicator Bacteria in the Scioto and Olentangy Rivers in the Columbus, Ohio Area, by Donna N. Myers.

OPEN FILE REPORTS:

OFR2007-1427 Nowcasting Beach Advisories at Ohio Lake Erie Beaches, by Donna S. Francy and Robert A. Darner.

OFR2007–1210 Rapid Method for Escherichia coli in the Cuyahoga River, by Amie M.G. Brady.

OFR2005-1386  A Spatial, Multivariable Approach for Identifying Proximate Sources of Escherichia coli to Maumee Bay, Lake Erie, Ohio, by Donna S. Francy, Pamela Struffolino, Amie M.G. Brady, and Daryl F. Dwyer.

OFR2005-1282  Preliminary Investigations of Wastewater-Related Contaminants Near Home Sewage Treatment Systems in Ohio, by D.H. Dumouchelle and D.M. Stoeckel.

OFR2003-374 Preliminary geochemical, microbiological, and epidemiological investigations into possible linkages between lignite aquifers, pathogenic microbes, and kidney disease in northwestern Louisiana, by Joseph E. Bunnell, Rebecca N. Bushon, Donald M. Stoeckel,  Amie M. Gifford, Marisa Beck, Harry E. Lerch, Runhua Shi, Benton McGee, Bradford C. Hanson, Jonathan Kolak, and Peter D. Warwick.

DATA SERIES:

Data Series 143 Bacteriological water quality in the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Louisiana following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, September 2005, by D.M. Stoeckel, R.N. Bushon, D.K. Demcheck, S.C. Skrobialowski, C.M. Kephart, E.E. Bertke, B.E. Mailot, S.V. Mize, and R.B. Fendick, Jr. 

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

2007. Composite analysis for Escherichia coli at coastal beaches, by Bertke, Erin E., Journal of Great Lakes Research, v. 33, no. 2, p. 335-341.

2007. Using a rapid method to predict recreational water quality at Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio, by Bushon, R.N., Brady, A.M.G., and Plona, M.B., Park Science, v. 24, no. 2, p 89-93.

2007. Performance, design, and analysis in microbial source tracking studies, by Stoeckel, D.M. and Harwood, V.J., Applied and Environmental Microbiology, v. 73, p. 2405-2415.   Published online for AEM subscribers at http://aem.asm.org/

 

2007. Assessment of fecal pollution sources in a small northern-plains watershed using PCR and phylogenetic analysis of Bacteroidetes 16S rDNA by Lamendella, R., Santo Domingo, J.W., Oerther, D.B., Vogel, J.R., and Stoeckel, D.M. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, v. 59, no. 3, p. 651-660.

 

2007. Fecal-source identification using multiple source-tracking tools in a selected subcatchment by Vogel, J.R., Stoeckel, D.M., Lamendella, R., Zelt, R.B., Santo Domingo, J.W., Walker, S.R., and Oerther, D.B. Journal of Environmental Quality, v. 36, p. 718-729.

2007. Assessment of fecal pollution sources in a small northern-plains watershed using PCR and phylogenetic analysis of Bacteroidetes 16S rDNA by Lamendella, R., Santo Domingo, J.W., Oerther, D.B., Vogel, J.R., and Stoeckel, D.M. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, accepted July 11, 2006.

2007. Fecal-source identification using multiple source-tracking tools in a selected subcatchment by Vogel, J.R., Stoeckel, D.M., Lamendella, R., Zelt, R.B., Santo Domingo, J.W., Walker, S.R., and Oerther, D.B. Journal of Environmental Quality, accepted November 20, 2006.

2006. Possible linkages between lignite aquifers, pathogenic microbes, and renal pelvic cancer in northwestern Louisiana, USA, by Bunnell, J.E., Tatu, C.A., Bushon, R.N., Stoeckel, D.M., Brady, A.M.G., Beck, M., Lerch, H.E., McGee, B., Hanson, B.C., Shi, R., and Orem, W.H. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, v. 28, p. 577-587.

2004. Comparison of Seven Protocols To Identify Fecal Contamination Sources Using Escherichia coli by Stoeckel, D.M., Mathes, M.V., Hyer, K.E., Hagedorn, C., Kator, H., Lukasik, H., O'Brien, T.L., Fenger, T.W., Samadpour, M., Strickler, K.M., and Wiggins, B.A. Environmental Science and Technology volume 38, issue 22, pages 6109-6117.

Comparison of Methods for Determining Escherichia coli Concentrations in Recreational Waters, Water Research, 2000, v. 34, no. 10, p. 2270-2278, (Published at the Elsevier Science Ltd site.)

Occurrence and distribution of microbiological indicators in groundwater and stream water: Water Environment Research, 2000, v. 72, no. 2, p. 152-161.

Evaluation of US EPA Method 1622 for detection of Cryptosporidium oocysts in stream waters: American Water Works Association Journal, v. 93, no. 1, p. 78-87.  Not on-line.

FACT SHEETS

FS-2005-3072  Ohio Water Microbiology Laboratory.

FS-134-02  Escherichia Coli in the Swash Zone at Four Ohio Bathing Beaches.

FS-132-02 Forecasting Bacteria Levels at Bathing Beaches, in Ohio.

FS 112-98 How do we determine when the beaches are safe for swimming?

 

SELECT PRESENTATIONS

New. Rapid Assessments of Recreational Water Quality. Donna Francy, Amie Brady, and Rebecca Bushon. Presented at the River Rally, May 4, 2008, Huron, Ohio.

Rapid Microbial Detection Methods, Rebecca N. Bushon, Presented at the Environmental Pathogens Information Network Workshop on E. coli at the Beach, February 2, 2007, Merrillville, Indiana.

Rapid Methods for Determining Concentrations of E. coli in Recreational Waters, Rebecca N. Bushon, Presented at the Ohio Lake Erie Beach Conference, January 18, 2007, Parma, Ohio.

Source Tracking Tools for Understanding Fecal Contamination at Lake Erie Beaches, Donna Francy, Presented at the Ohio Lake Erie Beach Conference, January 18, 2007, Parma, Ohio.

Testing of Rapid Methods for the Determination of E. coli Concetrations in Recreational Waters, Rebecca N. Bushon, Presented at the National Beaches Conference, October 11-13, 2006, Niagara Falls, NY.

Status and Future of Predictive Modeling at Beaches, Donna S. Francy, Presented at the National Beaches Conference, October 11-13, 2006, Niagara Falls, NY.

Potential Effects on Human and Ecosystem Health from Short-Term Contamination of Coastal Beaches and Freshwater Systems by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Rebecca N. Bushon, Presented at the International Association for Food Protection, August 16, 2006, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

POSTERS

Analysis of Molecular-Marker-Based Microbial Source Tracking for Fecal Load Estimation, Don Stoeckel and Jason Gregory.

Nowcasting Bacterial Levels and Beach Advisories at Lake Erie Beaches, Donna Francy, Robert A. Darner, Erin E. Bertke, and Jill Lis

  • Presented at the Ohio Lake Erie Meeting, September 7, 2006, Elyria, Ohio.

 

Using Models to Predict Recreational Water Quality at Coastal Beaches, Donna Francy, Robert A. Darner, Erin E. Bertke, and Jill Lis

  • Presented at the Public Health Risks: Coastal Observations for Decision Making Workshop, St. Petersburg, Florida, January 23-25, 2006.

 

Use of a Phased and Multiple-Method Approach to Identify Sources of Fecal Contamination at Two Lake Erie Beaches in Ohio, Donna Francy and Erin Bertke

  • Presented at the Great Lakes Beach Association meeting, November 2, 2005, Green Bay, Wisconsin.

 

Source-Tracking Tools for Understanding Fecal Contamination and Predicting Water Quality at Lake Erie Beaches,  Donna S. Francy, Rodney A. Sheets, and John Rhoades 

  • Presented at the Great Lakes Beach Association meeting, November 30, 2004, Parma, Ohio.

 

Concentrations of Escherichia coli in Water and Bed Sediments in Maumee Bay Bay, Toledo and Oregon, Ohio (2003-2005), Amie M.G. Brady, Donna S. Francy, Pamela Struffolino, and Daryl F. Dwyer 

  • Presented at the Great Lakes Beach Association meeting, November 30, 2004, Parma, Ohio. 

 

Viral Pathogens and Microbiological Indicators in Ground Water from Small Public Water Supplies, Donna Francy, Rebecca N. Bushon, Emma J. Luzano, and G. Shay Fout.

  • Presented at the American Society for Microbiology, 105th General Meeting, June 26, 2005, Atlanta, Ga.

 

Laboratory Support for Microbiological Monitoring Projects in the U.S. Geological Survey, Rebecca N. Bushon, Amie M.G. Brady, Donna S. Francy, and Donald M. Stoeckel

  • Presented at the National Monitoring Conference, May 17-20, 2004, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

 

Rapid Method For Determination Of Fecal-Indicator Bacteria Concentrations in Recreational Water, Rebecca N. Bushon and Amie M.G. Brady

  • Presented at the Great Lakes Beach Association meeting, November 30, 2004, Parma, Ohio.

 

Effectiveness of Traditional Septic Systems for Fecal-Indicator Microorganism Removal in Ohio Soils with Seasonally High Water Tables, Christopher M. Kephart, Donald M. Stoeckel, and Denise H. Dumouchelle.

  • Presented at the American Society for Microbiology 104th General Meeting, May 26, 2004, New Orleans LA.

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