Unsealed tubewells lead to increased fecal contamination of drinking water

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 565-578

  Knappett, Peter S K ^a,b   Mckay, Larry D ^a   Layton, Alice ^a   Williams, Daniel E ^a   Alam, Md J ^c   Mailloux, Brian J ^d   Ferguson, Andrew S ^e   Culligan, Patricia J ^e   Serre, Marc L ^f   Emch, Michael ^f,g   Ahmed, Kazi M ^c   Sayler, Gary S ^a   Geen, Alexander Van ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^d Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

^e University of North Carolina Chapel Hill ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Asia; Bacteroidales; E. coli; Shigella; Tubewells

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; WELL WATER;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; DRINKING WATER; FECAL COLIFORM; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHALLOW WATER; VIRUS; WATER QUALITY; WELL WATER;

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDALES; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHIGELLA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ADENOVIRIDAE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BANGLADESH; CAPSID PROTEINS; DRINKING WATER; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHIGELLA; WATER QUALITY; WATER WELLS;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84873637710     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2012.102     Document Type: Article

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