Development of a pathogen transport model for Irish catchments using SWAT

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 101-111

  Coffey, R ^a   Cummins, E ^a   Bhreathnach, N ^b   Flaherty, V O ^b   Cormican, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

ArcSWAT; Escherichia coli; Pathogen transport

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; ARCSWAT; CATCHMENT MODELLING; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; DEVELOPED MODEL; E. COLI; HUMAN HEALTH; HYDROLOGIC PROCESS; HYDROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; INPUT DATAS; INPUT PARAMETER; LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MODEL PATHOGEN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; RECOMMENDED VALUES; RIVER BASINS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOLS; TRANSPORT MODELS; VALIDATION RESULTS; WATER DEGRADATION; WATER SOURCE; WATER-BORNE PATHOGENS;

CATCHMENTS; DEGRADATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FORECASTING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; LAND USE; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATORS; SOILS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

PATHOGENS;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CATCHMENT; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROMETRY; LAND MANAGEMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PATHOGEN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIVER BASIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

COUNTY CLARE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FERGUS RIVER; IRELAND; MUNSTER [IRELAND]; WESTERN EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 70349966203     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2009.08.017     Document Type: Article

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