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Using Enteric Pathogens to Assess Sources of Fecal Contamination in the Silurian Dolomite Aquifer: Preliminary Results

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The fractured Silurian dolomite aquifer is an important, but vulnerable, source of drinking water in northeast Wisconsin (Sherrill in Geology and ground water in Door County, Wisconsin, with emphasis on contamination potential in the Silurian dolomite, 1978; Bradbury and Muldoon in Hydrogeology and groundwater monitoring of fractured dolomite in the Upper Door Priority Watershed, Door County, Wisconsin, 1992; Muldoon and Bradbury in Assessing seasonal variations in recharge and water quality in the Silurian aquifer in areas with thicker soil cover. p 45, 2010). Areas underlain by the Silurian dolomite aquifer are extremely vulnerable to groundwater contamination from various land-use activities, especially the disposal of human wastewater and dairy manure. Currently there is no consensus as to which source of wastewater generates the greater impact to the aquifer.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Geology, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 800 Algoma Blvd., Oshkosh, WI, 54901, USA

    Maureen A. Muldoon

  2. USDA-Agricultural Research Service, 2615 Yellowstone Drive, Marshfield, WI, 54449, USA

    Mark A. Borchardt & Susan K. Spencer

  3. USGS Wisconsin Water Science Center, 8505 Research Way, Middleton, WI, 53562, USA

    Randall J. Hunt & David Owens

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Correspondence to Maureen A. Muldoon .

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  1. Geosciences Department, The Pennsylvania State University Geosciences Department, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA

    William B. White

  2. University of Virginia, Department of Environmental Sciences University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA

    Janet S. Herman

  3. Bucknell University, Department of Geology Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA

    Ellen K. Herman

  4. US Environmental Protection Agency , Washington, DC, USA

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Muldoon, M.A., Borchardt, M.A., Spencer, S.K., Hunt, R.J., Owens, D. (2018). Using Enteric Pathogens to Assess Sources of Fecal Contamination in the Silurian Dolomite Aquifer: Preliminary Results. In: White, W., Herman, J., Herman, E., Rutigliano, M. (eds) Karst Groundwater Contamination and Public Health. Advances in Karst Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51070-5_23

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