Source tracking of leaky sewers: A novel approach combining fecal indicators in water and sediments

Water Research

Volumn 58, Issue , 2014, Pages 50-61

  Guérineau, Hélène ^a   Dorner, Sarah ^b   Carrière, Annie ^a   McQuaid, Natasha ^a   Sauvé, Sébastien ^c   Aboulfadl, Khadija ^c   Hajj Mohamad, Mariam ^a   Prévost, Michèle ^a  

^a Université Laval   (Canada)

^b Chaires de recherche du Canada   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Fecal indicator; Source tracking; Urban canal; Wastewater micropollutants; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); INFILTRATION; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE; SEWERS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI (E. COLI); FECAL INDICATORS; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; MICROPOLLUTANTS; SOURCE TRACKING; SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATERS; WASTEWATER EXFILTRATION;

WATER POLLUTION;

WATER; FRESH WATER; WASTE WATER;

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; CANAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FECAL COLIFORM; FECES; METEOROLOGY; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWER NETWORK; TRACKING; URBANIZATION; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; DILUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; LIMIT OF DETECTION; METEOROLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; SEWER; WASTE WATER; WASTEWATER MICROPULLUTANT; WEATHER; ANIMAL; CANADA; DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84898664662     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.03.057     Document Type: Article

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