Mass balance and water quality modeling for load allocation of Escherichia coli in an urban watershed

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 412-427

  Desai, Anuradha ^a   Rifai, Hanadi S ^a   Petersen, Tina M ^b   Stein, Ron ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b CDM SMITH   (United States)

^c Texas Commission on Environmental Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

E. coli; Geographic information system (GIS); Nonpoint source pollution; Pathogens; Simulation; Surface water hydrology; Total maximum daily loading (TMDL).; Urbanization; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

E. COLI; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SIMULATION; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOADING (TMDL).; URBANIZATION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; LOADING; STANDARDS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MASS BALANCE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PATHOGEN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 80052665242     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000129     Document Type: Article

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