An unexpected temporal pattern of coliphage isolation in groundwaters sampled from wells at varied distances from reclaimed water recharge sites

Water Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-64

  Yanko, William A ^a   Jackson, James L ^a   Williams, Fred P ^b   Walker, Alan S ^a   Castillo, Milagros S ^a  

^a Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Fd; FRNA; Groundwater; Reclaimed water; Virus

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; GROUND WATER; RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER;

BACTERIUM; GROUNDWATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; VIRUS; WELL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; COLIPHAGE; EFFLUENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAUDOVIRALES; INOVIRIDAE; LEVIVIRIDAE; MYOVIRIDAE; SIPHOVIRIDAE;

EID: 0032890025     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00193-6     Document Type: Article

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