Urban waterway (IMAGE)

North Carolina State University

Urban waterway

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This is one of the urban streams monitored in a new study that finds a widely-used technique for assessing the health of freshwater streams is not effective at detecting a range of water quality problems, including those related to acidity, oxygen levels, and presence of pathogens.

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Erin McKenney

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