Fecal coliform and E. coli concentrations in effluent-dominated streams of the upper santa cruz watershed

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 243-261

  Sanders, Emily C ^a   Yuan, Yongping ^a   Pitchford, Ann ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Effluent dominated; Escherichia coli; Fecal coliforms; Fecal indicator bacteria; Santa cruz river; Upper santa cruz watershed; Water reuse

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RIVERS; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SOIL CONSERVATION; STREAM FLOW; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATERSHEDS;

BACTERIA CONCENTRATIONS; EFFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; EFFLUENT-DOMINATED; ESCHERICHIA COLI (E. COLI); FECAL COLIFORMS; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER REUSE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BASEFLOW; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISCHARGE; EFFLUENT; FECAL COLIFORM; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MICROBIOLOGY; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POPULATION DENSITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STREAMFLOW; STREAMWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARIZONA; SANTA CRUZ BASIN; UNITED STATES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84883181887     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w5010243     Document Type: Article

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