{"title":"When rain overwhelms the sewers, antibiotic-resistant bacteria flood the river","authors":"J. Lee, Helmut Burgmann, K. Beck","doi":"10.53014/uxtn6398","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Wastewater treatment plants are ‘hotspots’ for antibiotic resistance genes and bacteria but sewer overflows exacerbate the problem by disseminating them into rivers. Swiss researchers suggest ways to minimise these effects.","PeriodicalId":393895,"journal":{"name":"Water Science Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Water Science Policy","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.53014/uxtn6398","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Wastewater treatment plants are ‘hotspots’ for antibiotic resistance genes and bacteria but sewer overflows exacerbate the problem by disseminating them into rivers. Swiss researchers suggest ways to minimise these effects.