(Antibiotic-Resistant) <i>E. coli</i> in the Dutch–German Vecht Catchment─Monitoring and Modeling
Eri van Heijnsbergen, Gunnar Niebaum, Volker Lämmchen, Alicia Borneman, Lucía Hernández Leal, Jörg Klasmeier, Heike Schmitt
Abstract
concentrations exceed the threshold value of the Bathing Water Directive for a good bathing water quality at less than 10% of potential swimming sites in both scenarios. During a single swimming event up to 61 CFU of ESBL-EC and less than 1 CFU of CP-EC could be taken up by ingestion.
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BathingEffluentEnvironmental scienceSewage treatmentWater Framework DirectiveFecal coliformEscherichia coliSurface waterEuropean unionAntibioticsAntibiotic resistanceSewageWater qualityContaminationVeterinary medicineMicrobiologyBiologyFood scienceEnvironmental engineeringEcologyMedicineGeneBiochemistryEconomic policyPathologyBusinessFecal contamination and water qualityPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsWater Treatment and Disinfection