Escherichia coli in urban stormwater: Explaining their variability

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 27-34

  McCarthy, David T ^a   Mitchell, V G ^a   Deletic, A ^a   Diaper, C ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Correlation; E. coli; Microorganisms; Model

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; HEALTH RISKS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STORMWATER;

WATER ANALYSIS;

STORM WATER;

BACTERIA; HEALTH RISKS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER ANALYSIS;

CATCHMENT; HEALTH RISK; MICROORGANISM; MODELING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORMWATER; URBAN SYSTEM; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATCHMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 38649104832     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.752     Document Type: Article

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