Spatial and temporal distribution of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in a drinking water resource: Implications for monitoring and risk assessment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 472, Issue , 2014, Pages 1023-1035

  Burnet, Jean Baptiste ^a,b   Penny, Christian ^a   Ogorzaly, Leslie ^a   Cauchie, Henry Michel ^a  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Faecal indicators; Hydro climatology; Land use; Microbial risk; Surface water; Waterborne parasites

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; LAND USE; PROTOZOA; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SOIL CONSERVATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE WATERS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

CATCHMENT CHARACTERISTICS; DRINKING WATER PRODUCTION; FAECAL INDICATORS; HYDRO CLIMATOLOGIES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; WATERBORNE PARASITES; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

WATER POLLUTION;

DRINKING WATER; SURFACE WATER;

CATCHMENT; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECAL COLIFORM; LAND USE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GIARDIA; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAND USE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; WATERSHED; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

BELGIUM; LUXEMBOURG [BELGIUM];

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA;

FAECAL INDICATORS; HYDRO-CLIMATOLOGY; LAND USE; MICROBIAL RISK; SURFACE WATER; WATERBORNE PARASITES;

CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84890277302     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.10.083     Document Type: Article

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