Quantitative catchment profiling to apportion faecal indicator organism budgets for the Ribble system, the UK's sentinel drainage basin for Water Framework Directive research

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 535-550

  Stapleton, C M ^a   Wyer, M D ^a   Crowther, J ^a   McDonald, A T ^b   Kay, D ^a   Greaves, J ^c   Wither, A ^c   Watkins, J ^d   Francis, C ^d   Humphrey, N ^a   Bradford, M ^a  

^a Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d CREH ANALYTICAL LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchment profiling; Coliform; Diffuse pollution; Drainage basin; Enterococci; Faecal indicators; Intermittent discharges; Sewage; Source apportionment; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BUDGET CONTROL; COMBINED SEWERS; EFFLUENTS; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

CATCHMENT PROFILING; COLIFORMS; DIFFUSE POLLUTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECAL COLIFORM; FECAL INDICATORS; INTERMITTENT DISCHARGE; POINT-SOURCES; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

CATCHMENTS;

RAIN; STORM WATER;

BASEFLOW; BASIN MANAGEMENT; BATHING WATER; CATCHMENT; DRAINAGE BASIN; FECAL COLIFORM; HOLISTIC APPROACH; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATER PLANNING; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

ARTICLE; BATH; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; ESTUARY; EUROPEAN UNION; FECAL COLIFORM; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; SEWER OUTFALL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ALASKA; DOUGLAS RIVER; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; FYLDE; KENAI PENINSULA; LANCASHIRE; NORTH AMERICA; RIBBLE ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 42749086164     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.11.035     Document Type: Article

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