Microbial contamination of two urban sandstone aquifers in the UK

Water Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 339-352

  Powell, Karen L ^a   Taylor, Richard G ^b   Cronin, Aidan A ^a   Barrett, Mike H ^a   Pedley, Steve ^a   Sellwood, Jane ^c   Trowsdale, Sam A ^d   Lerner, David N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Groundwater; Sewage; UK; Urban; Viruses

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COLIFORM BACTERIA; GROUNDWATER; SANDSTONE; SEWAGE; VIRUSES;

WATER TABLE;

WATER RESOURCES;

GROUND WATER;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; SANDSTONE; WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLIPHAGE; COXSACKIE VIRUS B4; ENTEROVIRUS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEWAGE; STREPTOCOCCUS; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CLOSTRIDIA; COXSACKIEVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS;

EID: 0037210088     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(02)00280-4     Document Type: Article

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