Modeling Escherichia coli and its sources in an urban Bayou with Hydrologic Simulation Program-FORTRAN

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 487-503

  Petersen, Christina M ^a   Rifai, Hanadi S ^b   Villarreal, Gian C ^c   Stein, Ronald ^d  

^a Camp Dresser and McKee   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c RBF Consulting   (United States)

^d Texas Commission on Environmental Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

HSPF; Hydrologic Simulation Program FORTRAN; Models; Nonpoint pollution; Nonpoint source; Storm water; Stormwater management; Texas; TMDL; Total maximum daily load; Urban areas; Water quality; Watershed and water quality modeling; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

HSPF; HYDROLOGIC SIMULATIONS; NON-POINT SOURCE; NONPOINT POLLUTIONS; STORM WATER; STORMWATER MANAGEMENTS; TEXAS; TMDL; TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD; URBAN AREAS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTIMATION; FORTRAN (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); LANDFORMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RUNOFF; SANITARY SEWERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STANDARDS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATERSHEDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

BACTERIUM; CALIBRATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIPE; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

HOUSTON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79959450176     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000351     Document Type: Article

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