Exploring the Water Treatment Microbiome
The initial project of the group has been sampling of water microbiomes and antibiotic concentrations in treated water impacted urban streams, upstream and downstream of wastewater treatment plants, as well as at multiple locations within the water treatment plants themselves. Regional utility Charlotte Water has been very supportive in giving us access to sewer and plant sites. A manuscript is in review and preprints are available upon request: Three papers about this project have appeared so far: Sorgen, Alicia, James…