Intra-event variability of Escherichia coli and total suspended solids in urban stormwater runoff

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 6661-6670

  McCarthy, D T ^a   Hathaway, J M ^b   Hunt, W F ^b   Deletic, A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Microorganism; Pollutograph; Sediment; Stormwater; TSS; Urban runoff

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH RISKS; MICROORGANISMS; PUBLIC RISKS; RAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE; STORM SEWERS; STORMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; POLLUTOGRAPHS; STORMWATERS; TIME OF CONCENTRATIONS; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; URBAN RUNOFF; URBAN STORMWATER RUNOFF;

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

RAIN; RUNOFF; STORM WATER;

BIOINDICATOR; CATCHMENT; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH RISK; PATHOGENICITY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; STORMWATER; SURFACE WATER; SUSPENDED LOAD; URBAN AREA; VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84870059121     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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