Modelling Escherichia coli concentrations in the tidal Scheldt river and estuary

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2724-2738

  de Brauwere, Anouk ^a,b   De Brye, Benjamin ^b   Servais, Pierre ^c   Passerat, Julien ^c   Deleersnijder, Eric ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Estuary; Fecal indicators; Microbiological water quality; Modelling; Scheldt; Tidal rivers; Waste water

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; RIVERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

E-COLI CONCENTRATIONS; FECAL INDICATORS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENTS OF; MICROBIOLOGICAL WATER QUALITY; MODELING; POINT-SOURCES; RIVER DISCHARGE; SCHELDT; TIDAL RIVER;

ESTUARIES;

BIOINDICATOR; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; MORTALITY; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER POLLUTION; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; DILUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTUARY; HYDRODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

SCHELDT RIVER; WESTERSCHELDE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79954634125     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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