Bacteriological assessment of drinking water supply options in coastal areas of Bangladesh

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 415-428

  Islam, Md Atikul ^a,b   Sakakibara, Hiroyuki ^a   Karim, Md Rezaul ^c   Sekine, Masahiko ^a   Mahmud, Zahid Hayat ^d  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c KHULNA UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Coastal Bangladesh; Drinking water; Indicator bacteria; Pathogens

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; RAIN;

BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL ZONE; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH RISK; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAINWATER; SAMPLING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BANGLADESH; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL COLIFORM; HETEROTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POND; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHIGELLA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA; BANGLADESH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; SEASONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

BANGLADESH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 79958717205     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2011.114     Document Type: Article

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