A spatial analysis of pit latrine density and groundwater source contamination

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 4261-4272

  Wright, Jim A ^a   Cronin, Aidan ^b   Okotto Okotto, Joseph ^c,d   Yang, Hong ^a   Pedley, Steve ^b   Gundry, Stephen W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c Victoria Institute for Research on Environment and Development (VIRED) International Rabuour Environment and Development Centre   (Kenya)

^d Lake Basin Development Authority   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geographical information systems; Groundwater; Nitrate; On site sanitation; Thermotolerant coliforms

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS; COLIFORMS; DAILY RAINFALL PATTERNS; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; HIGH POPULATION DENSITY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; ON-SITE SANITATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHEMICAL HAZARDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; NITRATES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SANITATION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

CHLORIDE; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; RAIN;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; GIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GUIDELINE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH RISK; NITRATE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SANITATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAT TOLERANCE; KENYA; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PIT LATRINE; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; SHALLOW WELL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROBIOLOGY; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

KENYA; KISUMU; NYANZA;

CHLORIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORIDES; GROUNDWATER; KENYA; NITRATES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOILET FACILITIES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878359657     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2866-8     Document Type: Article

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