Source area processes contributing to microbiological quality of stormwater

A literature review reveals a need by water managers for a model by which the regulatory impacts likely to result from stormwater runoff of fecal indicator bacteria previously defecated onto the landscape, under conditions extant within their jurisdiction, might be predicted. Though the literature provides little information as to what the needed model might look like, it also contains much in the way of relevant general sciences that, by means of logical analysis, provides a hypothetical framework by which the significance of likely parameters of such a model might be piecewise tested. I present exploratory research into the feasibility of constructing such a model. The research presented consists of a series of scoping studies, in article style, designed to separately probe the relevance, important parameters, and significance of separable putative sequential processes by which such a model might eventually be constructed, and provide guidance informing future research.