The impact of pond depth and environmental conditions on sunlight inactivation of Escherichia coli and enterococci in wastewater in a warm climate

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1364-1374

  Maïga, Ynoussa ^a,b   Wethe, Joseph ^b   Denyigba, Kokou ^b   Ouattara, Aboubakar Sidiki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^b Institut International d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Domestic wastewater; Enterococci; Escherichia coli; Sunlight; Waste stabilization pond

Indexed keywords

BURKINA FASO; CULTURABILITY; DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; E. COLI; EFFLUENT QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FAECAL INDICATORS; LIGHT DAMAGE; MICROCOSM EXPERIMENTS; WARM CLIMATES; WASTE STABILIZATION PONDS;

EFFLUENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LAKES; STABILIZATION; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

STABILIZATION PONDS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; DOMESTIC WASTE; FECAL COLIFORM; MICROCOSM; POND; SOLAR RADIATION; SURVIVAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BURKINA FASO; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; EFFLUENT; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES MICROFLORA; LIGHT DAMAGE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUNLIGHT; WASTE WATER;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BURKINA FASO; OUAGADOUGOU;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 74549177147     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W09-104     Document Type: Article

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