Effects of a tropical cyclone on the drinking-water quality of a remote Pacific Island

Disasters

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 405-417

  Mosley, Luke M ^a   Singh, Sarabjeet ^b   Sharp, Donald S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^b National Water Quality Laboratory   (Fiji)

^c World Health Organisation   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Coliform indicators; Contamination; Disaster events; Hydrogen sulphide test; Remote island communities; Tropical cyclone; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

FIJI; MELANESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; VANUA LEVU; WORLD;

EID: 10944256236     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0361-3666.2004.00266.x     Document Type: Article

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