Studies on the bacteriological qualities of the Buffalo River and three source water dams along its course in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 4125-4136

  Chigor, Vincent N ^a   Sibanda, Timothy ^a   Okoh, Anthony I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Enterococci; Faecal coliforms; Fresh produce irrigation; Public health hazards; Surface waters; Total coliforms; Water quality

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DAM; EFFLUENT; IRRIGATION; LIVESTOCK; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIVER POLLUTION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; RECREATION; RIVER; SEWAGE; SOUTH AFRICA; WATER POLLUTION;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; RECREATION; RIVERS; SEWAGE; SOUTH AFRICA; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

ARKANSAS; BUFFALO RIVER; CAPE PROVINCE; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 84878110748     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1348-4     Document Type: Article

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