Efficacy of monitoring and empirical predictive modeling at improving public health protection at Chicago beaches

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1659-1668

  Nevers, Meredith B ^a   Whitman, Richard L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

E. coli; Fecal indicator bacteria; Lake Michigan; Recreational water quality; Risk; Swimming

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DISEASES; ERRORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH RISKS; LAKES; MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA CONCENTRATIONS; CHICAGO; E. COLI; EMPIRICAL PREDICTIVE MODELS; FAECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; LAKE MICHIGAN; MONITORING APPROACH; PREDICTIVE MODELS; RECREATIONAL WATER QUALITY; SWIMMING;

BEACHES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEACH; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH RISK; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SWIMMING; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASHORE; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

CHICAGO; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; ILLINOIS; LAKE MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651422971     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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