Catchment process affecting drinking water quality, including the significance of rainfall events, using factor analysis and event mean concentrations

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 751-763

  Cinque, Kathy ^a   Jayasuriya, Niranjali ^b  

^a MELBOURNE WATER CORPORATION   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catchment; Drinking water quality; Event mean concentration; Factor analysis

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; RAIN;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; BACTERIUM; BASELINE CONDITIONS; DRINKING WATER; FACTOR ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROCOCCUS; EROSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; WATER QUALITY;

ECOSYSTEM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RAIN; TIME FACTORS; VICTORIA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROCOCCUS; EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 78650837461     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2010.162     Document Type: Article

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