Quantification of microbial sources in drinking-water catchments

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-40

  Ferguson, Christobel M ^a,b,c,f   Charles, Katrina ^b,d   Deere, Daniel A ^b,e  

^a Ecowise Environmental Australia   (Australia)

^b Cooperative Research Centre for Water Quality and Treatment ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^e Water Futures   (Australia)

^f NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EFFLUENTS; PATHOGENS; POTABLE WATER; PUBLIC UTILITIES; RUNOFF; SEWAGE; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT ANIMALS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DOMESTIC ANIMALS; DOMESTIC SEWAGES; JUVENILE ANIMALS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MICROBIAL SOURCES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDES; POOLED SAMPLES; SEWAGE EFFLUENTS;

ANIMALS;

DRINKING WATER; STORM WATER;

ANIMAL; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOMESTIC SPECIES; DRINKING WATER; EFFLUENT; JUVENILE; MICROORGANISM; PATHOGEN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MANURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEWAGE TREATMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 58149137003     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643380701413294     Document Type: Review

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