Influence of seasonal and inter-annual hydro-meteorological variability on surface water fecal coliform concentration under varying land-use composition

Water Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 170-178

  St Laurent, Jacques ^a   Mazumder, Asit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Drinking source water; Fecal coliform; Land use; Waterborne disease

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CONTAMINATION; POTABLE WATER; RUNOFF; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; COLIFORM CONCENTRATIONS; DRINKING SOURCE WATER; FAECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; FECAL COLIFORM; FECAL CONTAMINATION; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABILITY; SNOW MELT; SOURCE WATERS; WATER-BORNE DISEASE;

LAND USE;

DRINKING WATER; RAIN; SURFACE WATER;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOINDICATOR; CLIMATE VARIATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DRINKING WATER; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LAND USE CHANGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; FALLING; FECAL COLIFORM; LAND USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER; BACTERIAL COUNT; CANADA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; HYDROLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METEOROLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SEASON;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; HYDROLOGY; METEOROLOGY; SEASONS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84888440516     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.09.031     Document Type: Article

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