Standardizing Methods with QA/QC Standards for Investigating the Occurrence and Removal of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria/Antibiotic Resistance Genes (ARB/ARGs) in Surface Water, Wastewater, and Recycled Water

This project is co-funded by The Water Research Foundation (WRF), the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWB), and contributors to the Advancing Potable Reuse Initiative as part of the SWB Grant D1705003. Project Objectives • Develop a consensus for a standardized approach to profile ARB and ARGs that can be used to generate comparable data for use in future research to validate the analytical methods. • Identify QA/QC components and data quality objectives. The applicant must contribute additional resources equivalent to at least 33 percent of the project award.