Sustainable reduction in the flux of microbial compliance parameters from urban and arable land use to coastal bathing waters by a wetland ecosystem produced by a marine flood defence structure

Water Research

Volumn 39, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 3320-3332

  Kay, David ^a   Wyer, Mark D ^a   Crowther, John ^b   Wilkinson, Jeremy ^a   Stapleton, Carl ^a   Glass, Paul ^c  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c ANGLIAN WATER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arable; Bathing water; Built up; Coastal defence; Coliform; Enterococci; Faecal indicator; Land use; Microbial pollution; Natural treatment; Sustainable pollution reduction; Urban; Wetland

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; EFFLUENTS; FLOODS; LAND USE; MARINE BIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; OCEAN STRUCTURES; STANDARDS; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

ARABLE; BATHING WATER; COASTAL DEFENCE; COLIFORM; ENTEROCOCCI; FAECAL INDICATOR; NATURAL TREATMENT; URBAN;

WATER TREATMENT;

WATER;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND;

ARTICLE; CEREAL; COASTAL WATERS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CROP PRODUCTION; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRASSLAND; INFECTION PREVENTION; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LIVESTOCK; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 23844443888     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2005.05.043     Document Type: Article

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