Monitoring faecal contamination of the Thames estuary using a semiautomated early warning system

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 25-31

  Tryland, Ingun ^a   Surman, S ^a   Berg, J D ^a  

^a Colifast AS ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Early warning; Faecal contamination; Rapid screening; River water; Galactosidase activity

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; COLIFORM BACTERIA; FILTRATION; RAIN;

FAECAL CONTAMINATIONS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DODECYL SULFATE; RAIN; RIVER WATER;

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER WATER; WARNING SYSTEM;

AEROMONAS; ALARM MONITOR; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYZER; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTUARY; EVALUATION; FECES; FILTRATION; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCREENING; SEASON; VIBRIO; WEATHER; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIOASSAY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENGLAND; THAMES RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM;

AEROMONAS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIBRIO;

AUTOMATION; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ENGLAND; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; RAIN; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 0036024828     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2002.0047     Document Type: Conference Paper

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