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UTEP Study: Zooplankton Play Limited Role in Cleaning Contaminated Water

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  1. wastewater-based epidemiology
  2. computational biology
  3. viruses
  4. pathogen detection fate and transport
  5. environmental microbiology
  6. potable reuse
  7. drinking water
  8. global engineering education
  9. nondestructive evaluation
  10. Stochastic modeling
  11. reliability analysis
  12. Engineering risk analysis

Featured Researcher(s):

Kennedy, Lauren
College: Engineering
Department: Civil Engineering
Ferregut, Carlos
College: Engineering
Department: Civil Engineering
UTEP Study: Zooplankton Play Limited Role in Cleaning Contaminated Water
Date: October 03, 2024



Scientists at The University of Texas at El Paso and Stanford University were recently surprised to find that the natural community of zooplankton — tiny, aquatic animals known to graze on bacteria — present in freshwater and saltwater do not clean water that is contaminated with fecal microorganisms.


Full story: [ Link to University Communications ]