Project 556
                    
          Microbial Source Tracking: Feasibility of a National Database
$216,950
      
                Principal Investigator
                                            Mansour Samadpour
                          Project Manager
                                            Michaela N Hasan
                          Contractor
              University of Washington
          Abstract
Demonstrates the utility of the Microbial Source Tracking method to identify sources of microbial pollution in watershed and source waters. Also tests the feasibility of using a database of source-specific genetic fingerprints of E. coli to identify sources of fecal pollution in geographic regions not represented in the database. Ended in 2003. A summary of partial findings is available to WRF subscribers.