Variations of indicator bacteria in a large urban watershed

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2227-2236

  Ibekwe, A M ^a   Lesch, S M ^b   Bold, R M ^c   Leddy, M B ^c   Graves, A K ^d  

^a U S SALINITY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Resources Division   (United States)

^c ORANGE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Contamination; E. coli; Enterococci; Fecal coliform; Wastewater treatment plants

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCES; BACTERIAL COUNT; CONTROL SITES; COVARIATES; DRY WEATHER FLOW; DRY WEATHERS; E. COLI; ENTEROCOCCI; FECAL BACTERIA; FECAL COLIFORM; FECAL COLIFORMS; FECAL POLLUTION; HUMAN HEALTH; IMPAIRED STREAMS; INDICATOR BACTERIA; MANAGEMENT PLANS; NONPOINT SOURCES; RECESSIONAL FLOWS; RIVER WATERSHEDS; SAMPLING LOCATION; SITE EFFECTS; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SPATIAL LOCATION; TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD; URBAN RUNOFF; URBAN WATERSHED; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER FLOWS; WET WEATHER; WET WEATHER FLOW;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AIR PURIFICATION; BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTIMATION; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULICS; LANDFORMS; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; STORMS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; BACTERIUM; BIOINDICATOR; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DISCHARGE; FECAL COLIFORM; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; URBAN AREA; WASTE FACILITY; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; SANTA ANA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84855611334     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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