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Microbial and chemical contaminant occurrence and concentration in groundwater and surface water proximal to large-scale poultry facilities and poultry litter, 2016

Published by U.S. Geological Survey | Department of the Interior | Catalog Last Checked: May 05, 2026 at 09:44 PM | Dataset Last Updated: August 27, 2020 at 12:00 AM
Chemical and biological results, quality assurance and quality control, and method information from groundwater, surface water, and litter samples, collected from nine locations in Iowa and one in Wisconsin in 2016. Thirteen groundwater, nine surface water, four poultry litter, and four QA/QC samples were collected. Samples were analyzed at U.S. Geological Survey laboratories; bacteria, pathogens, and antibiotic resistance genes at the Michigan Bacteriological Research Laboratory, F+ specific coliphage at the St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, hormones and antibiotics at the Organic Geochemistry Research Laboratory, nutrients at the National Water Quality Laboratory, total estrogenicity at Fish Health Laboratory.

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