Bathing waters: New directive, new standards, new quality approach

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1562-1565

  Mansilha, Catarina R ^a   Coelho, Carla A ^a   Heitor, Ana M ^a   Amado, João ^a   Martins, Joaquim P ^b   Gameiro, Paula ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Portugal)

^b guas de Gaia   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bathing Water Directive; Coastal water; Fecal indicator bacteria; Legislation; Method comparison; Statistical analysis; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIAL INDICATORS; BATHING WATER DIRECTIVES; COASTAL WATERS; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; INTESTINAL ENTEROCOCCI; METHOD COMPARISON; PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES;

WATER POLLUTION;

WATER;

BEACH; COASTAL WATER; DIRECTORY; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; FECAL COLIFORM; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; PARAMETERIZATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD (REFERENCE); WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL COLIFORM; FECES; LABORATORY TEST; LAW; PORTUGAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATION; SEASHORE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SWIMMING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 70349269038     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.03.018     Document Type: Article

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