The influence of land-use composition on fecal contamination of riverine source water in southern British Columbia

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  St Laurent, Jacques ^a   Mazumder, Asit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL IMPACTS; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CATCHMENT AREA; FECAL COLIFORMS; FECAL CONTAMINATION; LAND-USE CHANGE; MITIGATION MEASURES; PARTIAL TREATMENT; REGRESSION TREES; RIVERINE CONTAMINATION; SOURCE WATER PROTECTION; SOURCE WATERS; WATER EXPOSURE;

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; CONTAMINATION; POTABLE WATER; RIVER POLLUTION; RUNOFF; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

LAND USE;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATCHMENT; DRINKING WATER; FECES; GUIDELINE; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PATHOGEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SEWAGE TREATMENT; URBAN AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84871365758     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012WR012455     Document Type: Article

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