Use of faecal pollution indicators to estimate pathogen die off conditions in source separated faeces in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-107

  Sherpa, Anjali Manandhar ^a   Byamukama, Denis ^b   Shrestha, Roshan R ^a   Haberl, Raimund ^c   Mach, Robert L ^d   Farnleitner, Andreas H ^d  

^a UN HABITAT   (Nepal)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chemo physical and chemical factors; Indicator microorganisms; Microbial die off; Sanitation; Urine; Urine diverting dehydrating toilets

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BACTERIUM; BIOINDICATOR; BIOSOLID; DEHYDRATION; FECAL COLIFORM; FECES; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RECYCLING; SANITATION; TIME SERIES; URINE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; ASH; BIOSOLID; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; MOISTURE; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; PASTEURIZATION; PH; POLLUTION; SAFETY; SANITATION; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; HELMINTH; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

KATHMANDU VALLEY; NEPAL;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; VERMES;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NEPAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TOILET FACILITIES;

EID: 64049106027     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2009.149     Document Type: Article

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