A water contamination incident in Oslo, Norway during October 2007; a basis for discussion of boil-water notices and the potential for post-treatment contamination of drinking water supplies

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-56

  Robertson, Lucy ^a   Gjerde, Bjørn ^a   Hansen, Elisabeth Furuseth ^a   Stachurska Hagen, Teresa ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Boil water notice; Contamination event; Cryptosporidium; Giardia; Monitoring; Post treatment contamination

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

DRINKING WATER; PROTOZOAN; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; OOCYST; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH SURVEY; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BERGEN; HORDALAND; NORWAY; OSLO [NORWAY];

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; NORWAY; PARASITES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 64049108785     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2009.014     Document Type: Article

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