Megacities as Sources for Pathogenic Bacteria in  Rivers and Their Fate Downstream

<table>Annual precipitation 1986 - 2008 in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo; data taken from the CETESB report 2009 [<a href="/journals/ijmicro/2011/798292/#B138">16</a>]. The mean annual precipitation 1879 - 2008 is 1410 mm a<sup>-1</sup>. A tendency of decreasing rainfall is evident.</table>

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Figure 2: Megacities as Sources for Pathogenic Bacteria in  Rivers and Their Fate Downstream 