Monitoring of pathogenicity of effluents from the UASB based sewage treatment plant

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 133, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 43-51

  Pant, Anju ^a   Mittal, Atul K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Indicator microorganism; Microbial wastewater standards; Pathogenicity; Salmonella; Shigella; UASB; Vibrio

Indexed keywords

PATHOGENICITY; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; UPLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET REACTOR;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; PATHOGENS; RISK ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER ANALYSIS;

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOINDICATOR; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROORGANISM; PATHOGENICITY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTE FACILITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECAL COLIFORM; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLA; SEWAGE; SHIGELLA; STREPTOCOCCUS; UPFLOW REACTOR; VIBRIO; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER STANDARD;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; INDIA; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SALMONELLA; SEWAGE; SHIGELLA; VIBRIO; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ASIA; DELHI; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; VIBRIO;

EID: 34548713627     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9558-1     Document Type: Article

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