Integrated modelling of faecal contamination in a densely populated river-sea continuum (Scheldt River and Estuary)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 468-469, Issue , 2014, Pages 31-45

  De Brauwere, Anouk ^a,b   Gourgue, Olivier ^a   de Brye, Benjamin ^a   Servais, Pierre ^c   Ouattara, Nouho Koffi ^c   Deleersnijder, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Microbiological water quality; Modelling; Scheldt Estuary; SLIM; Tidal rivers

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTUARIES; MODELS; RIVERS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

INTEGRATED MODELLING; MICROBIOLOGICAL WATER QUALITY; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; SCHELDT DRAINAGE NETWORK; SCHELDT ESTUARY; SLIM; TIDAL RIVER; WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRAINAGE NETWORK; FECAL COLIFORM; MICROBIOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RIVER WATER; WATER COLUMN; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CATCHMENT; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTUARY; FECAL COLIFORM; FRACTIONATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SALINITY; SECOND GENERATION LOUVAIN LA NEUVE ICE OCEAN MODEL; SEDIMENT; SENEQUE EC MODEL; STATISTICAL MODEL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

BELGIUM; NETHERLANDS; SCHELDT RIVER; WESTERSCHELDE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIOLOGICAL WATER QUALITY; MODELLING; SCHELDT ESTUARY; SLIM; TIDAL RIVERS;

BELGIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTUARIES; FECES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RIVERS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84883500429     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.08.019     Document Type: Article

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