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Single-Indicator Strategies Treat Symptoms, Not Sources of Sewage Contamination, Hampering Water Quality Improvement in Urban Areas

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Gregory O'Mullan has received water quality monitoring and research funding from Riverkeeper, the Eppley Foundation for Scientific Research, and the Lily Auchincloss Foundation. Gregory O'Mullan and M. Elias Dueker received a research grant (#007/13A) for investigating water and air quality connections from the Hudson River Foundation.

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  1. School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, NY, USA

    Gregory D. O’Mullan & Timothy T. Eaton

  2. Center for the Study of Land, Air, and Water, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, USA

    M. Elias Dueker

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O’Mullan, G.D., Eaton, T.T. & Dueker, M.E. Single-Indicator Strategies Treat Symptoms, Not Sources of Sewage Contamination, Hampering Water Quality Improvement in Urban Areas. Curr Pollution Rep 4, 280–282 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40726-018-0099-3

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