Estimating the risk from sewage treatment plant effluent in the Sydney catchment area

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1707-1715

  Van Den Akker, B ^a   Whiffin, V ^b   Cox, P ^c   Beatson, P ^c   Ashbolt, N J ^a   Roser, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Sydney Catchment Authority   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY WATER CORPORATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Drinking water catchment; Giardia; Risk assessment; Sewage

Indexed keywords

BASE-LINE CONDITIONS; CATCHMENT AREA; COMBINED EFFECT; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DRINKING WATER; GIARDIA; HAZARDOUS EVENTS; HEAVY RAINFALL; MULTIPLE BARRIER; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; QUANTITATIVE MICROBIAL RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE-TREATMENT PLANT EFFLUENT;

CATCHMENTS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; POTABLE WATER; PROTOZOA; RAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

DRINKING WATER;

BARRIER (EQUIPMENT); BASELINE CONDITIONS; CATCHMENT; DRINKING WATER; EFFLUENT; EUKARYOTE; GASTROENTERITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENT; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GIARDIA; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISINFECTION; GIARDIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; RISK FACTORS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER PURIFICATION;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA;

EID: 79955848430     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.408     Document Type: Article

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