Start Date
2021
Description
During the summer of 2019, Plaster Creek Stewards executed a green infrastructure project that proceeded with development of a floodplain at Shadyside park with the purpose to reduce the flow rate of Plaster Creek and prevent the occurrence of erosion from both heavy rainfall and flooding¹. In addition, microbial contamination (both bacterial and viral) has a significant impact on bodies of water. Viral coliphages, specifically male-specific and somatic phages, are used as indicators of fecal contamination in water and can be used to identify sources of contamination². A case study was conducted to evaluate how this floodplain influenced the microbial contamination during both dry and wet conditions in Plaster Creek after having a significant time of maturing.
Recommended Citation
Salih, Oula; Gibes, Sara; and Dubois, Kelly, "The Influences of Green Infrastructure on Levels of Somatic and Male-Specific Coliphages and E. Coli at Shadyside Park" (2021). Summer Research. 43.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/summer_research/2021/Posters/43
Included in
The Influences of Green Infrastructure on Levels of Somatic and Male-Specific Coliphages and E. Coli at Shadyside Park
During the summer of 2019, Plaster Creek Stewards executed a green infrastructure project that proceeded with development of a floodplain at Shadyside park with the purpose to reduce the flow rate of Plaster Creek and prevent the occurrence of erosion from both heavy rainfall and flooding¹. In addition, microbial contamination (both bacterial and viral) has a significant impact on bodies of water. Viral coliphages, specifically male-specific and somatic phages, are used as indicators of fecal contamination in water and can be used to identify sources of contamination². A case study was conducted to evaluate how this floodplain influenced the microbial contamination during both dry and wet conditions in Plaster Creek after having a significant time of maturing.