Integrated analysis of established and novel microbial and chemical methods for microbial source tracking

A multilaboratory research was conducted wherein various microbial and chemical indicators were examined to differentiate the sources of human fecal from nonhuman fecal sources using wastewaters and slurries from different geographical regions within Europe. It was concluded that none of the tested microbial and chemical parameters were alone able to determine the source of fecal pollution in wastewaters and slurries and therefore, a suite of parameters was required.