Unsafe tap water in households supplied from groundwater in the Salento Region of Southern Italy

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 129-148

  Masciopinto, Costantino ^a   La Mantia, Rosanna ^a   Carducci, Annalaura ^b   Casini, Beatrice ^b   Calvario, Agata ^c   Jatta, Edoardo ^c  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Patologia Sperimentale Biotecnologie Mediche Infettivologia ed Epidemiologia   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Medicina Pubblica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Natural water quality; Pathogenic microorganisms detection; Pathogens inactivation constants; Waterborne disease outbreaks

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; TAP WATER;

AQUIFER; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; MICROORGANISM; PATHOGEN; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM COLONY; CHLORINATION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL COLIFORM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; ITALY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SAFETY; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; ITALY; RISK FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SALENTO; SALERNO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CLOSTRIDIUM;

EID: 33947209040     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2006.054     Document Type: Article

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