A method for the source apportionment in bathing waters through the modelling of wastewater discharges: Development of an indicator and application to an urban beach in Santander (Northern Spain)

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 24, Issue , 2013, Pages 334-343

  López, Iago ^a   Álvarez, César ^b   Gil, José Luis ^a   García, Andrés ^b   Bárcena, Javier F ^b   Revilla, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bathing water profile; Faecal indicator organisms; Indicator development; Modelling; Source apportionment; Urban pollution

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BATHING WATER; BATHING WATER DIRECTIVES; EXTREME EVENTS; FAECAL INDICATORS; HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS; NORMAL CONDITION; POLLUTION PROBLEMS; POLLUTION SOURCES; REACTION PROCESS; REGULATORY STANDARDS; SANITATION SYSTEMS; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; STORM WATER OVERFLOWS; URBAN BEACHES; URBAN POLLUTIONS; WASTEWATER DISCHARGE;

BEACHES; COMBINED SEWERS; EFFLUENTS; FOOD PRESERVATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS;

WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIOLOGY; BATHING WATER; BEACH; BIOINDICATOR; EFFLUENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SANITATION; URBAN POLLUTION; WASTEWATER;

CANTABRIA; SANTANDER [CANTABRIA]; SPAIN;

EID: 84864487639     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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