Risk factors contributing to microbiological contamination of shallow groundwater in Kampala, Uganda

Water Research

Volumn 37, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 3421-3429

  Howard, Guy ^a   Pedley, Stephen ^b   Barrett, Mike ^b   Nalubega, Mai ^c   Johal, Kali ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Faecal contamination; Groundwater; Microbiology; Risk; Sanitary inspection

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

POPULATION DENSITY;

WATER QUALITY;

GROUND WATER; RAIN;

FECAL COLIFORM; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FECES MICROFLORA; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEAT TOLERANCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; STREPTOCOCCUS; UGANDA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

KAMPALA; UGANDA;

EID: 0038049837     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(03)00235-5     Document Type: Article

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