Assessing the public health risk of microbial intrusion events in distribution systems: Conceptual model, available data, and challenges

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 961-979

  Besner, Marie Claude ^a   Prévost, Michèle ^b   Regli, Stig ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drinking water distribution system; Intrusion; Microbial contamination; Pressure; Public health risk; Transient analysis

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; HEALTH RISKS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MICROORGANISMS; PATHOGENS; POTABLE WATER; PRESSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK PERCEPTION; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; FATE AND TRANSPORT; INTRUSION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NEGATIVE PRESSURES; PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS; QUANTITATIVE MICROBIAL RISK ASSESSMENT;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

DRINKING WATER;

DATA SET; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HEALTH RISK; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PATHOGEN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWER NETWORK; WATER SUPPLY;

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MODEL; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 78650529109     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.10.035     Document Type: Review

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