Stormwater runoff from typical developed and developing South African urban developments: Definitely not for swimming

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 133-140

  Jagals, P ^a  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coliphages; Enterococci; Faecal coliforms; Male specific coliphages; Stormwater runoff; Streptococcus bovis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; COLIFORM BACTERIA; EFFLUENTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SANITATION; SEWAGE; STANDARDS; URBAN PLANNING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER BACTERIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

ENTEROCOCCI; FAECAL COLIFORMS; MALE SPECIFIC COLIPHAGES; SOMATIC COLIPHAGES; SORBITOL FERMENTING BIFIDOBACTERIA; STORMWATER RUNOFF; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

RUNOFF;

RUNOFF; STORM WATER;

BATHING WATERS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAECAL POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; STORMWATER RUNOFF; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLIPHAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENTEROCOCCUS; LACTOBACILLUS BIFIDUS; LAW; SANITATION; SOUTH AFRICA; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; SWIMMING; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

SOUTH AFRICA, FREE STATE PROVINCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; LACTOBACILLUS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0030823948     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(97)00248-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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