*Environmental community DNA samples with several of the ARGs tested also had high HB assay results suggesting the presence of human fecal pollution.

*Our work demonstrates that septic systems may augment the environmental resistome and may play an important role in the spread of antibiotic resistance.

*Download a copy of Faith’s poster (below).

*Contact us for more information on our work.

*Get involved! We are always looking for community partners. If you have a septic system and live near a waterbody in NWI, we would love to come and sample!