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AWWA WQTC71442
- Microbial Contamination and Climate Change: Examples from Recent Floods
- Conference Proceeding by American Water Works Association, 11/01/2009
- Publisher: AWWA
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This powerpoint presentation begins by providing a brief overview of waterborne diseases including bacterial and viral, parasites and protozoa, and algae and algal toxins. Climate change impacts on waterborne diseases are presented, including: the direct effects of temperature, rainfall and drought, and the indirect effects of ecological disturbances and human physiology; water quality; and, microbial contamination. Several examples of water quality data from historic and recent Wisconsin floods are provided. Includes 22 references, table, figures.