Faecal contamination of public water sources in informal settlements of Kisumu City, western Kenya

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2674-2681

  Opisa, Selpha ^a,b   Odiere, Maurice R ^a   Jura, Walter G Z O ^b   Karanja, Diana M S ^a   Mwinzi, Pauline N M ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Coliform; Escherichia coli; Faecal contamination; Informal settlement; Slum; Soil transmitted helminths

Indexed keywords

COLIFORM; FAECAL CONTAMINATION; INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS; SLUM; SOIL-TRANSMITTED HELMINTHS;

CONTAMINATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROFILTRATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WELLS;

WATER POLLUTION;

DRINKING WATER; WELL WATER;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; EXCRETION; FILTRATION; HEALTH RISK; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; MEMBRANE; URBAN AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL COLIFORM; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYGIENE; KENYA; RIVER; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

COLOR; DRINKING WATER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KENYA; ODORS; TOILET FACILITIES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

KENYA; KISUMU; NYANZA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; VERMES;

EID: 84872698625     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.503     Document Type: Article

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