Predicting microbial pollution concentrations in UK rivers in response to land use change

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 4748-4759

  Hampson, Danyel ^a   Crowther, John ^b   Bateman, Ian ^a   Kay, David ^c   Posen, Paulette ^a   Stapleton, Carl ^c   Wyer, Mark ^c   Fezzi, Carlo ^a   Jones, Philip ^d   Tzanopoulos, Joseph ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agro environmental policy; Faecal indicator organisms; Microbial source apportionment; Nutrition driven food policy; Water Framework Directive; Water quality modelling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA TRANSFER RATES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FORECASTING; LAND USE; POLLUTION CONTROL; POPULATION STATISTICS; RIVERS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FAECAL INDICATOR ORGANISMS; FOOD POLICIES; MICROBIAL SOURCES; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; WATER QUALITY MODELLING;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRAINAGE BASIN; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOOD POLICY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND USE CHANGE; LIVESTOCK; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MILK; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECAL COLIFORM; LAND USE; LIVESTOCK; MILK; NONHUMAN; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ENGLAND; HUMBER RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77957020486     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.07.062     Document Type: Article

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