Sinton, Lester

Scientific Publications:

• Sinton, L. W., Braithwaite, R. R., Hall, C. H. and Mackenzie, M. L. 2007: Survival of indicator and pathogenic bacteria in bovine feces on pasture. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73: 7917-7925.
• Close,M. E,, Pang, L., Flintoft, M. J., and Sinton, L. W. 2006: Distance and flow effects on microsphere transport in a large gravel column Journal of Environmental Quality 35: 1204–1212.
• Sinton, L. W., Braithwaite, R. R., Hall, C. H., Pang, L., Close, M. E, and Noonan, M. J. 2005: Tracing the movement of irrigated effluent into an alluvial gravel aquifer. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 165: 277-291.
• Pang, L., Close, M., Goltz, M., Noonan, M., Sinton, L. 2004. Filtration and transport of Bacillus subtilis spores and the F-RNA phage MS2 in a coarse alluvial gravel aquifer: implications in the estimation of setback distances. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 77: (165-174).
• Pang, L., Close, M., Goltz, M., Sinton, L., Davies, H., Hall, C., and Stanton, G. 2004: Estimation of septic tank setback distances based on transport of E. coli and F-RNA phages.  Virtual Journal of Environmental Sustainability. Selected from Environment International 29(7) (2003) 907-921.
• Pang, L., Close, M., Goltz, M., Sinton, L., Davies, H., Hall, C., and Stanton, G. 2003. Estimation of septic tank setback distances based on transport of E. coli and F-RNA phages. Environment International 29: 907-921.
• Sinton, L. W., Hall, C. H., Lynch, P. A., and Davies-Colley, R. J. 2002: Sunlight inactivation of faecal indicator bacteria and bacteriophages from waste stabilization pond effluent in fresh and saline waters. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68: 1122-1131.
• Lynch, P. A., Gilpin, B. J., Sinton, L. W. and Savill, M. G. 2002: The detection of Bifidobacterium adolescentis by colony hybridisation as an indicator of human faecal pollution. Journal of Applied Microbiology 92: 526-533.
• Sinton, L. W., Noonan, M. J., Finlay, R. K., Pang, L., and Close, M. E. 2000: Transport and attenuation of bacteria and bacteriophages in an alluvial gravel aquifer. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 34: 175-186.
• Sinton, L. W., Finlay, R. K., and Lynch, P. A. 1999: Sunlight inactivation of faecal bacteriophages and bacteria in sewage-polluted seawater. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 65: 3605-3613.
• Sinton, L. W., Finlay, R. K., and Hannah, D. J. 1998: Distinguishing human from animal faecal contamination in water: a review. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 32: 323-348.
• Sinton, L. W., Finlay, R. K., Pang, L. and Scott, D. M., 1997: Transport of bacteria and bacteriophages in irrigated effluent into and through an alluvial gravel aquifer. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 98: 17-42
• Sinton, L. W., Finlay, R. K., and Reid, A. J. 1996: A simple membrane filtration-elution method for the enumeration of F-RNA, F-DNA and somatic coliphages in 100 ml water samples. Journal of Microbiological Methods 25: 257-269.
• Sinton, L. W., Davies-Colley, R. J., and Bell, R. G. 1994: Inactivation of enterococci and faecal coliforms from sewage and meatworks effluents in seawater chambers. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 60: 2040-2048.
• Sinton, L. W. and Donnison, A. M. 1994: Characterisation of faecal streptococci from some New Zealand effluents and receiving waters. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 28: 145-158.
• Sinton, L. W., Donnison, A. M. and Hastie, C. M. 1993a: Faecal streptococci as faecal pollution indicators: A review. Part I: Taxonomy and enumeration. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 27: 101-115.
• Sinton, L. W., Donnison, A. M. and Hastie, C. M. 1993b: Faecal streptococci as faecal pollution indicators: A review. Part II: Sanitary significance, survival and use. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 27: 117-137.
• Sinton, L. W. and Ching, S. B. 1987: An evaluation of two bacteriophages as sewage tracers. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 35: 347-356.
• Sinton, L. W. 1986: Microbial contamination of alluvial gavel aquifers by septic tank effluent. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 28: 407-425.
• Sinton, L. W. 1984: The macroinvertebrates in a sewage-polluted aquifer. Hydrobiologia 119: 161-169.
• Sinton, L. W. 1982: A groundwater quality survey of an unsewered semi-rural area. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 16: 317-326.
• Sinton, L. W. 1980a: Investigations into the use of the bacterial species Bacillus stearothermophilus and Escherichia coli (H2S+) as tracers of groundwater movement. Water and Soil Technical Publication No. 17, MWD, Wellington, 24 p.
• Sinton, L. W. 1980b: Two antibiotic resistant strains of Escherichia coli for tracing the movement of sewage in groundwater. Journal of Hydrology (NZ) 19: 119-130.

Book Chapters

• Sinton, L. W. 2005: Survival of enteric bacteria in seawater: Biotic and abiotic factors. In Oceans and Health: Pathogens in the Marine Environment: 69-92. S. S. Belkin and R. R. Colwell, editors. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York ISBN: 0-387-23708-9.
• Sinton, L. W. 2001: Microbial contamination of New Zealand's aquifers. In M. R. Rosen and P. A. White, editors. Groundwaters of New Zealand. New Zealand Hydrological Society Inc., Wellington. 221-251. ISBN: 0-473-07816-3.

General Articles

• Sinton, L. W. 2006: Viable but non-culturable bacteria - menace or myth? Water & Wastes in N.Z.143: 31-38.
• Sinton, L. W. 2004: Enterococci revisited: why the use of these indicators is often inappropriate. Water & Wastes in N.Z.136: 14-18.
• Murray, S., Sinton, L. and Savill, M. 2000: Enteroviruses — Indicators of viral pollution of water. Water & Wastes in N.Z.114: 26-31.
• Sinton, L. W ., Finlay, R. K., and Lynch P. A. 2000: Measuring the survival of bacteriophages in sunlight-exposed seawater. Water & Wastes in N. Z. 112: 18-21.
• Sinton, L. W ., Finlay, R. K., and Lynch P. A. 2000: Sunlight inactivation of bacteria and bacteriophages in seawater. Water & Wastes in N. Z. 113: 16-18.
• Sinton, L. W. and Finlay, R. K. 1996: Bacteriophages as microbial water quality indicators. Water & Wastes in N. Z. 89: 52-55.
• Sinton, L. W ., Davies-Colley, R. J., and Bell, R. G. 1995: Enterococci and Faecal Coliforms — Measuring their Survival in Seawater. Water & Wastes in NZ 84: 45 - 47.
• Davies-Colley, R., Bell, R., Donnison, A., and Sinton, L. 1995: Effects of sunlight wavelengths on sewage indicator bacteria in seawater. Water & Wastes in NZ 85: 42 - 46.
• Sinton, L. W. and Finlay, R. K. 1994: Monitoring the microbiological quality of water. The Authority 2: 36.
• Sinton, L. W. and Donnison, A. M. 1992: Enterococci - New bugs on the block. Terra Nova 19: 52-54.
• Sinton, L. W. 1985: Life in New Zealand’s underworld: Invertebrate communities in gravel aquifers. Soil and Water 21: 19-23.
• Sinton, L. W. 1984: Groundwater contamination in New Zealand. New Zealand Environment 42: 21-25.

Reports and Manuals

• Sinton, L. W. 1986: A guide to groundwater sampling techniques. Water and Soil Miscellaneous Publication No. 99, MWD, Wellington. 24 pp.
• Sinton, L. W. and Close, M. E. 1983: Groundwater tracing experiments. Publication No. 2, Hydrology Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand, Ministry of Works and Development. 38 pp.

Conference Proceedings, Papers and Abstracts

• Pang L, Close M, Sinton L, Horizontal setback distances of septic tank systems for different aquifer media estimated from field tracer data. EnvironNZ05, NZWWA Conference, Proceeding in CD, Auckland, 28-30 September 2005.
• Pang, L., Close, M., and, Sinton, L. 2005: Setback distances for different aquifers estimated from field data. In: On-site ’05 Performance Assessment for On-site Systems: Regulation, operation and monitoring, 26-30 September 2005, Armidale, Australia. Proceedings. pp 321-328.
• Close ME, Pang L, Flintoft MJ, Sinton LW. The Effects of Particle Size and Velocity on the Transport of Microspheres in a Large Column with Gravel Media. Joint International Symposia for Subsurface Microbiology (ISSM 2005) and Environmental Biogeochemistry (ISEB XVII), Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA, 14-19 August 2005.
• Donnison, A. M., Cooper, R. and Sinton, L. W. 1992: A discussion of microbiological water quality standards for New Zealand. In Integrated Environmental Management: Proceedings of the Conference of the NZ Water Supply and Disposal Association, Christchurch, August, 1992.
• Sinton, L. W. 1983: Design of groundwater quality surveys. In: R. A. Hoare (Ed), Design of Water Quality Surveys. Water and Soil Miscellaneous Publication No. 63, MWD, Wellington. pp. 113-129.
• Sinton, L. W . and Close, M. E. 1983: Identifying septic tank effluent in groundwater: Problems and possibilities. In: M. J. Noonan (Ed.), Microbiology and Water Quality: Proceedings of the 1982 Joint NZCWPR/NZMS Conference. Lincoln College Department of Agricultural Microbiology Technical Publication No. 2, 46 pp.
• Sinton, L. W. 1979: The use of bacteria as tracers of groundwater movement. In M. J. Noonan, editor. Groundwater. The Quality and Movement of Groundwater in Alluvial Aquifers of New Zealand. Department of Agricultural Microbiology Technical Publication No. 2, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand. 93-103.

Recent Poster Papers

• Moriarty EM, Sinton LW , Braithwaite LRR, Mackenzie M. - The Development of a Faecal Microbe Reservoir Model. Poster Paper: N Z Water and Wastes Association, Annual Conference, Auckland, 20 - 22 September 2005.
• Sinton, L. W ., Pang, L., Close, M. E., Braithwaite, R. R., Hall, C. H., and Noonan, 2005: The Use of Microbial Tracers to Follow Irrigated Effluent into Groundwater. Poster No. 7, 13th International Symposium on Health-related Water Microbiology, 5–9 September 2005, University of Swansea, United Kingdom.
• Sinton, L. W ., Pang, L., Close, M. E., Braithwaite, R. R., Hall, C. H., and Noonan, M. J. 2004: Transport and Attenuation of Bacteria, Bacteriophages and Chemical Tracers in an 8 m Column of Saturated Pea Gravel. Poster Q-428, American Society for Microbiology Annual General Meeting, New Orleans, LA. 23–27 May, 2004.