AWWA WQTC71478

This powerpoint presentation begins by providing a brief overview of the overall objective of developing hierarchical oligonucleotide primer extension (HOPE) as a tool to identify fecal contamination sources. The experimental approach included the following: develop a set of primers to identify human and nonhuman fecal contamination; test on feces collected from known origins, formulate evaluation criteria; validation - test on blind samples, test on environmental waters; and, evaluate HOPE results with fecal coliform test. Includes figures.