Minimizing health risks during secondary effluent application via subsurface drip irrigation

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2330-2337

  Oron, Gideon ^e   Gillerman, Lieonid ^e   Lael, Avraham ^e   Manor, Yossi ^a   Braude, Erez ^b   Bick, Amos ^c,d  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c JERUSALEM COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d SHENKAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND DESIGN   (Israel)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Dose response; Drip irrigation; Effluent reuse; Exposure; Monte Carlo simulation; Risks

Indexed keywords

DOSE RESPONSE; DRIP IRRIGATION; EFFLUENT REUSE; EXPOSURE; MONTE-CARLO SIMULATION;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFLUENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PATHOGENS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SUBIRRIGATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

HEALTH RISKS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; DRIP IRRIGATION; EFFLUENT; HEALTH RISK; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATHOGEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; HARVEST; HEALTH HAZARD; INFECTION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MONTE CARLO METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SIMULATION; WASTE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; FRUIT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RISK FACTORS; SOIL; VEGETABLES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 79951603984     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.502     Document Type: Article

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