Chemical and microbiological qualities of The East River (Dongjiang) water, with particular reference to drinking water supply in Hong Kong

Chemosphere

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1441-1450

  Ho, K C ^a   Chow, Y L ^a   Yau, J T S ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium parvu; Giardia lamblia; Persistent organic pollutants; River pollution and potable supply

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CADMIUM; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; MICROBIOLOGY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER SUPPLY; ZINC;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVU; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RIVER POLLUTION AND POTABLE SUPPLY;

POTABLE WATER;

CADMIUM; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; ZINC; HEAVY METAL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

DRINKING WATER; HEALTH RISK; MICROORGANISM; RIVER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HONG KONG; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; RIVER; SALMONELLA; VIBRIO; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEASON; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ASIA; CHINA; DONG RIVER; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; WORLD;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; SALMONELLA;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HONG KONG; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0642283440     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(03)00481-8     Document Type: Article

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