Sunlight wavelengths activating faecal indicator microorganisms in waste stabilisation ponds

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 219-225

  Davies Colley, R J ^a   Donnison, A M ^b   Speed, D J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b Meat Industry Research Institute of New Zealand   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bacteriophages; Enterococci; Escherichia coli; Faecal coliforms; Indicators; Waste stabilisation ponds

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BACTERIOPHAGE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISINFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTER; NEW ZEALAND; PH; PHOTOOXIDATION; POND; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; VIRUS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOCOCCUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

BACTERIOPHAGES; COLIFORM BACTERIA; DNA; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); MICROORGANISMS; PH; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TEMPERATURE; VIRUSES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

FAECAL COLIFORMS; PH CONTROL; PHOTOOXIDATION MECHANISMS; WASTE STABILIZATION PONDS;

STABILIZATION PONDS;

EID: 0030616138     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(97)00262-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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