Turbidity and streamflow as real-time indicators of microbial risk for aquatic recreators

between 0.19 and 0.38, sensitivities between 6.8 and 68%), suggesting that turbidity and streamflow alone are likely insufficient for producing real-time predictions of risk at accuracy levels acceptable to stakeholders. Still, there may be utility in deploying similar models to describe a waterway's propensity to exceed E. coli thresholds over the course of several months or years and to prioritize improvement efforts.