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Science 18 September 1970:
Vol. 169. no. 3951, pp. 1218 - 1220
DOI: 10.1126/science.169.3951.1218
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Coliform Aerosols Emitted by Sewage Treatment Plants

A. Paul Adams 1 and J. Clifton Spendlove 1

1 Deseret Test Center, Fort Douglas, Utah 84113

Development of the science of aerobiology has furnished a tool for the investigation of potential sources of microbial aerosols. An investigation of aerosols emitted by trickling-filter sewage treatment plants revealed that coliforms were indeed emitted and have been sampled to a distance of 0.8 mile (1.2 kilometers) downwind. Factors affecting survival of Escherichia coli are presented.


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