Variability of escherichia coli concentrations in an Urban watershed in Texas

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1347-1359

  Desai, Anuradha M ^a   Rifai, Hanadi S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

E. coli; Fractal; Runoff; Storm water; Stormwater management; Time series; Time series analysis; Urban; Urban areas; Viruses; Water quality; Watershed; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

E. COLI; STORM WATER; STORMWATER MANAGEMENTS; URBAN; URBAN AREAS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRACTALS; LANDFORMS; MONITORING; RAIN; RIVERS; RUNOFF; STORM SEWERS; STORMS; TIME SERIES; TURBIDITY; VIRUSES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BASEFLOW; BIOMONITORING; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DATA SET; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GRASSLAND; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SPATIAL VARIATION; STORMWATER; SUSPENDED LOAD; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES; TURBIDITY; URBAN REGION; VIRUS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

HOUSTON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78651486122     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000290     Document Type: Article

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