Contrasting Influence of Geology on E. coli and Arsenic in Aquifers of Bangladesh

Ground Water

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 111-123

  Leber, Jessica ^a   Rahman, Moshiur ^b   Ahmed, Kazi M ^b   Mailloux, Brian ^c   Van Geen, Alexander ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c Program on US Russia Relations at Columbia s Harriman Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC IN GROUNDWATER; ARSENIC LEVELS; BANGLADESH; CLAY LAYERS; DRY SEASONS; E. COLI; FECAL CONTAMINATION; FECAL INDICATORS; LOW LEVEL; MICROBIAL PATHOGENS; NEAR-SURFACE; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SHALLOW WELLS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TUBEWELLS; WET AND DRY SEASONS; WET SEASON;

AQUIFERS; DROUGHT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; WELLS;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARSENIC; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DRY SEASON; HYDROGEOLOGY; WELL WATER; WET SEASON;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

BANGLADESH; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 78650334231     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2010.00689.x     Document Type: Article

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