Status and trends of fecal indicator bacteria in two urban watersheds

Water Environment Research

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2340-2355

  Petersen, Tina M ^a   Suarez, Monica P ^a   Rifai, Hanadi S ^a   Jensen, Paul ^b   Su, Yu Chun ^c   Stein, Ron ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b PBS and J   (United States)

^c PBS and J   (United States)

^d Texas Commission on Environmental Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Fecal coliform; Indicator bacteria; Land use; Nonpoint source; Pathogen; Point source; Rainfall; Stream flow; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LAND USE; RAIN; STREAM FLOW; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

FECAL COLIFORM; INDICATOR BACTERIA; PATHOGEN;

WATER QUALITY;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LAND USE; RAIN; STREAM FLOW; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

BIOINDICATOR; FECAL COLIFORM; URBAN AREA; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EFFLUENT; FECES ANALYSIS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33845452020     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143006X102033     Document Type: Article

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