Validation of a Numerical Indicator of Microbial Contamination for Karst Springs

Ground Water

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-76

  Butscher, Christoph ^a   Auckenthaler, Adrian ^b   Scheidler, Stefan ^a   Huggenberger, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Environmental Protection and Energy ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTAMINATED WATER; DIFFUSE FLOW; DRINKING WATER; FECAL CONTAMINATION; FECAL INDICATORS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GROUNDWATER MODELING; HETEROTROPHIC PLATE COUNT BACTERIA; KARST AREAS; KARST GROUNDWATER; KARST SYSTEM; KARST WATER; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MODEL PERFORMANCE; NUMERICAL MODELING APPROACH; NUMERICAL MODELS; RAINFALL EVENT; RAPID CHANGES; SPRING DISCHARGES; SPRING WATER; STORAGE MODEL; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VULNERABILITY INDEX;

CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LANDFORMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POTABLE WATER; RAIN; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

SPRINGS (WATER);

BACTERIUM; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; KARST; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPRING WATER; VULNERABILITY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78650337397     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2010.00687.x     Document Type: Article

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