The impact of sunlight on inactivation of indicator microorganisms both in river water and benthic biofilms

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 4771-4779

  Schultz Fademrecht, Claudia ^a   Wichern, Marc ^a   Horn, Harald ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bathing water quality; Benthic biofilm; Faecal coliforms; Inactivation rate; Intestinal Enterococci; River; Sunlight radiation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; KINETICS; RIVERS; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BATHING WATER; BATHING WATER QUALITY; BENTHIC BIOFILM; FECAL COLIFORM; INACTIVATION KINETICS; INACTIVATION RATE; INTESTINAL ENTEROCOCCI; RATE COEFFICIENTS; RIVER WATER; SUNLIGHT RADIATION;

WATER QUALITY;

RIVER WATER;

BIOFILM; FECAL COLIFORM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REACTION KINETICS; RIVER WATER; SELF PURIFICATION; SOLAR RADIATION; WASTEWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECAL COLIFORM; GERMANY; MICROORGANISM; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; SUNLIGHT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 55349136543     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.08.022     Document Type: Article

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