Coliphage prevalence in high school septic effluent and associated ground water

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3781-3785

  Deborde, Dan C ^a   Woessner, William W ^a   Lauerman, Bruce ^a   Ball, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coliphage; Fecal waste; Ground water; Ground Water Disinfection Rule; Ground water transport; Viral indicators; Virus

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER;

ARTICLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLIPHAGE; EFFLUENT; ENTEROVIRUS; HIGH SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROVIRUS;

EID: 0031789868     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00171-7     Document Type: Article

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