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| Project Metadata Element | Details |
| Project Title | Efficiency of Sligo Secondary Sewage Treatment Systems in the Removal of Cryptosporidium and other Human Enteric Pathogens |
| Research Area | Water |
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| Principal Investigator or Lead Irish Partner | Frances Lucy |
| Lead Institution or Organisation | Institute of Technology Sligo (ITS) |
| Lead Country | Ireland |
| Latitude, Longitude (of Lead Institution) | 51.89348, -8.49206 |
| Lead Funding Entity | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Approximate Project Start Date | 17/12/2007 |
| Approximate Project Finishing Date | 17/12/2010 |
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| Project Keywords | Wastewater; Sewage Treatment Systems; Cryptosporidium; Human enteric pathogens |
| Project Abstract | This project will assess the efficiency of four Co. Sligo secondary sewage treatment plants in removing a range of human enteric pathogens namely Protozoan endoparasites Cryptosporidia spp., Giardia and microsporidiaBacterial indicators Faecal coliforms, Enterococci, Clostridium perfringensEnteric virus. The presence and viability of these enteric pathogens will be assessed by analysing samples from each stage of the treatment process, in the end-sludge and in effluent released to the receiving waters. This will benefit public health by (1) source-tracking pathogens, (2) risk assessment, (3) developing molecular methodologies to accelerate the detection and enumeration of enteric pathogens. |