The effect of a new sewage treatment plant on faecal indicator numbers, campylobacters and bathing water compliance in Morecambe Bay

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 603-614

  Obiri Danso, K ^a   Jones, Keith ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SEAWATER; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

BATHING WATER; CAMPYLOBACTERS; EU BATHING WATER DIRECTIVE; FAECAL STREPTOCOCCI; FECAL COLIFORM; FECAL INDICATORS; HIGH WATER; SEA WATER; SEWAGE-TREATMENT PLANTS; THERMOPHILIC CAMPYLOBACTERS;

OUTFALLS;

ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER LARI; FECES ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; NONHUMAN; SEWAGE TREATMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER LARI; CHARADRII; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ARIZONAE; SALMONELLA CHOLERAESUIS SUBSP. ARIZONAE;

EID: 0032904424     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00703.x     Document Type: Article

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