Microbiological monitoring and automated event sampling at karst springs using LEO-satellites

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 899-909

  Stadler, H ^a   Skritek, P ^b   Sommer, R ^c   Mach, R L ^d   Zerobin, W ^e   Farnleitner, A H ^d  

^a JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES TECHNIKUM WIEN   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^e Vienna Waterworks   (Austria)

Author keywords

Decision support system; Early warning systems; Faecal indicator; LEO satellite communication; Microbiological event sampling; Quality management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SAMPLING; SPECTROSCOPY; TELECOMMUNICATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRESH WATER; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 53549083813     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2008.442     Document Type: Article

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