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| Project Metadata Element | Details |
| Project Title | Towards Developing A Microbial Risk Assessment/Forecast Model For Cryptosporidiosis |
| Research Area | Water |
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| Principal Investigator or Lead Irish Partner | Nicholas Holden |
| Lead Institution or Organisation | University College Dublin (UCD) |
| Lead Country | Ireland |
| Latitude, Longitude (of Lead Institution) | 53.30859, -6.22577 |
| Lead Funding Entity | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Approximate Project Start Date | 01/01/2006 |
| Approximate Project Finishing Date | 01/01/2010 |
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| Project Keywords | Drinking water; Cryptosporidiosis; Microbial risk assessment; Model |
| Project Abstract | A trial microbial risk assessment will be developed using GIS for a water source of a municipal water system to identify when potable water is at a high risk of being contaminated with zoonotic enteric pathogens via surface pathways. Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts will be used as the indicator organism. The data layers in the GIS will include: 1. soils; geology; stock density; 2. animal husbandry; 3. farm storage of animal wastes; 4. animal waste disposal practices; 5. data from biological surveillance of the environment, and meteorological data. Field monitoring will provide probability data for oocysts prevelance and survival along the transport vector and geo-spatial analysis within the GIS will be used to estimate probability of the transport vector being active from source to target. Monte Carlo simulation will be used to determine the risk of contamination of potable water in the trial area. |