SewageTreatment

Sewage Treatment and the Effect on Corals

Overview

Different sources sewage -http://www.reefresilience.org/coral-reefs/stressors/local-stressors/pollution/ -groundwater - http://www.aims.gov.au/docs/research/water-quality/runoff/impact-of-runoff.html -farm runoff -fecal matter -www.sac-be.com/the_impact_of_human.shtml -golf courses www.notesfromtheroad.com/sgcr

Affect on the nutrients -http://coral.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Wear-Vega-Thurber-2015.pdf -nutrients and algae -nutrients and coral disease and bleaching -nutrients and coral growth -nutrients and microbial communities

Regulations - http://www.cep.unep.org/publications-and-resources/marine-and-coastal-issues-links/wastewater-sewage-and-sanitation

Monitoring of Sewage/What's being done - http://www.uvm.edu/~rlachape/dev-pacis.html http://coralreef.noaa.gov/threats/pollution/

Case Study: Sewage Treatment on St. John http://www.coris.noaa.gov/portals/pdfs/status_coralreef_usvi.pdf