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EPA Microbial Source Tracking Study Guide Document

Below is a link to download the Microbial Source Tracking Guide Document. This Guide Document was developed to assist in the study design of microbial water quality projects, and includes sections on what microbial source tracking is, how to develop an objective-driven study, methods for identifying sources of fecal pollution, examples of MST scenarios, and examples of MST studies from recent literature.

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