A comparative analysis of current microbial water quality risk assessment and management practices in British Columbia and Ontario, Canada

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 468-469, Issue , 2014, Pages 544-552

  Dunn, Gemma ^a   Harris, Leila ^a   Cook, Christina ^b   Prystajecky, Natalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Canada; Microbial pathogens; Ontario; Risk assessment and management

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; OFFSHORE PIPELINES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOOLS; VIRUSES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; MICROBIAL PATHOGENS; ONTARIO; RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENTS;

HEALTH RISKS;

BIOMONITORING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; HEALTH RISK; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PATHOGEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENOMICS; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

PROTOZOA;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; MICROBIAL PATHOGENS; ONTARIO; RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; DRINKING WATER; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; METAGENOMICS; ONTARIO; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84884230480     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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