Determinants of the microbiological water quality of indoor swimming-pools in relation to disinfection

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 865-871

  Ibarluzea, Jesús ^a   Moreno, Belen ^a   Zigorraga, Carmen ^a   Castilla, Teresa ^a   Martinez, Maria ^a   Santamaria, Javier ^a  

^a The Basque Government's Health Department   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chlorination; Copper; Disinfection; Microbiological indicators; Predictive model; Silver; Swimming pool; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATION; COLIFORM BACTERIA; COPPER; DISINFECTION; PH; SILVER; SWIMMING POOLS; TURBIDITY;

DETERMINANTS; MICROBIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; PREDICTIVE MODEL;

WATER QUALITY;

COPPER ION; SILVER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHLORINATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONDUCTANCE; DISINFECTION; ELECTROLYSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWIMMING POOL; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032032129     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00290-X     Document Type: Article

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