Real-time monitoring of beta-D-glucuronidase activity in sediment laden streams: A comparison of prototypes

WATER RESEARCH

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Article

Stadler, Philipp^1,2  Bloeschl, Guenter^1,3  Vogl, Wolfgang⁴  Koschelnik, Juri⁴  Epp, Markus⁴  Lackner, Maximilian⁴  Oismueller, Markus¹  Kumpan, Monika⁵  Nemeth, Lukas²  Strauss, Peter⁵  Sommer, Regina^6,7  Ryzinska-Paier, Gabriela⁸  Farnleitner, Andreas H.^6,8  Zessner, Matthias^1,2 

[1] TU Wien, Ctr Water Resource Syst, Karlspl 13-222, A-1040 Vienna, Austria

[2] TU Wien, Inst Water Qual Resources & Waste Management, Karlspl 13, A-1040 Vienna, Austria

[3] TU Wien, Inst Hydraul Engn & Water Resources Management, Karlspl 13-222, A-1040 Vienna, Austria

[4] Vienna Water Monitoring, Dorfstr 17, A-2295 Zwerndorf, Austria

[5] Fed Agcy Water Management, Inst Land & Water Management Res, A-3252 Petzenkirchen, Austria

[6] Interuniv Cooperat Ctr Water & Hlth, Gumpendorferstr 1a, A-1060 Vienna, Austria

[7] Med Univ Vienna, Inst Hyg & Appl Immunol, Water Hyg, Kinderspitalgasse 15, A-1090 Vienna, Austria

[8] TU Wien, Inst Chem Engn, Res Grp Environm Microbiol & Mol Ecol, Gumpendorferstr 1a, A-1060 Vienna, Austria

关键词: Enzymatic activity;    Escherichia coli;    Faecal pollution;    Glucuronidase;    Online monitoring;    Water quality;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.watres.2016.05.072

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Detection of enzymatic activities has been proposed as a rapid surrogate for the culture-based microbiological pollution monitoring of water resources. This paper presents the results of tests on four fully automated prototype instruments for the on-site monitoring of beta-D-glucuronidase (GLUC) activity. The tests were performed on sediment-laden stream water in the Hydrological Open Air Laboratory (HOAL) during the period of March 2014 to March 2015. The dominant source of faecal pollution in the stream was swine manure applied to the fields within the catchment. The experiments indicated that instrument pairs with the same construction design yielded highly consistent results (R-2 = 0.96 and R-2 = 0.94), whereas the results between different designs were less consistent (R-2 = 0.71). Correlations between the GLUC activity measured on-site and culture-based Escherichia coli analyses over the entire study period yielded R-2 = 0.52 and R-2 = 0.47 for the two designs, respectively. The correlations tended to be higher at the event scale. The GLUC activity was less correlated with suspended sediment concentrations than with E. coli, which is interpreted in terms of indicator applicability and the time since manure application. The study shows that this rapid assay can yield consistent results over a long period of on-site operation in technically challenging habitats. Although the use of GLUC activity as a proxy for culture-based assays could not be proven for the observed habitat, the study results suggest that this biochemical indicator has high potential for implementation in early warning systems. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

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