Water quality in rural Australia

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 627-632

  Thurman, R ^a,d   Faulkner, B ^b   Veal, D ^b   Cramer, G ^c   Meiklejohn, M ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Central Highlands Water   (Australia)

^d MSI   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; COLIFORMS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; MICROBIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; TWO-WAY ANOVA;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER;

POTABLE WATER QUALITY; SURFACE WATER QUALITY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; PH; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RURAL AREA; TURBIDITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GIARDIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031802381     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1998.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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