Modeling fecal coliform contamination in the Rio Grande

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 337-356

  LaWare, Paul ^a   Rifai, Hanadi S ^b  

^a Applied Earth Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecal coliform bacteria; HSPF; Nonpoint source pollution; Rio Grande; Simulation; Total maximum daily load (TMDL)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; DRAINAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH HAZARDS; WATERSHEDS;

FECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RIO GRANDE; TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD (TMDL);

RIVER POLLUTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; DRAINAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH HAZARDS; RIVER POLLUTION; WATERSHEDS;

FECAL COLIFORM; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; WATERSHED;

FALCON RESERVOIR; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; RIO GRANDE; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; FALCONIDAE;

EID: 33845274079     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2006.tb03842.x     Document Type: Article

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