Assessment of water quality of first-flush roof runoff and harvested rainwater

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 466-467, Issue , 2012, Pages 115-126

  Gikas, Georgios D ^a   Tsihrintzis, Vassilios A ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

First flush; Microbial indicators; Nutrients; Principal component analysis; Rainwater harvesting; Roof runoff quality

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; E. COLI; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FIRST-FLUSH; GRAY WATER; IN-SITU; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MICROBIAL INDICATORS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEM; RAINWATER QUALITY; RAINWATER SAMPLES; ROOF RUNOFF; STORAGE TANK; TOTAL COLIFORMS; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TOTAL VIABLE COUNTS; UNIVERSITY CAMPUS; WATER SAMPLES;

ALKALINITY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLORINE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NUTRIENTS; POTABLE WATER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; ROOFS; RUNOFF; TANKS (CONTAINERS); WATER QUALITY;

RAIN;

ALKALINITY; ANION; CATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DRAINAGE NETWORK; DRINKING WATER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FLUSHING; MICROBIOLOGY; MONITORING; NUTRIENT; PH; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAINWATER; RUNOFF; RURAL AREA; STORAGE STRUCTURE; STORAGE TANK; SUBURBAN AREA; SUSPENDED LOAD; UNIVERSITY SECTOR; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

CLOSTRIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 84866529408     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.08.020     Document Type: Article

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