Microbial contamination of groundwater at small community water supplies in Finland

Ambio

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 377-390

  Pitkänen, Tarja ^a,b   Karinen, Päivi ^a   Miettinen, Ilkka T ^b   Lettojärvi, Heidi ^a,c   Heikkilä, Annika ^a,c   Maunula, Reetta ^a   Aula, Vesa ^a   Kuronen, Henry ^d   Vepsäläinen, Asko ^b   Nousiainen, Liina Lotta ^d   Pelkonen, Sinikka ^d   Heinonen Tanski, Helvi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c ÅF Consult Oy ^*  (Finland)

^d NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Drinking water safety; E. coli; Faecal contamination; Groundwater; Small community water supply; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; FECAL COLIFORM; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POLLUTION CONTROL; SAFETY; VULNERABILITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TABLE; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

ARTICLE; DISINFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FINLAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; STATISTICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

DISINFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FINLAND; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

FINLAND;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79955919604     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-010-0102-8     Document Type: Article

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