Small drains, big problems: The impact of dry weather runoff on shoreline water quality at enclosed beaches

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 14168-14177

  Rippy, Megan A ^a   Stein, Robert ^a   Sanders, Brett F ^a   Davis, Kristen ^a   McLaughlin, Karen ^b   Skinner, John F ^c   Kappeler, John ^c   Grant, Stanley B ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

^c City of Hope Newport Beach Fashion Island   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; BEACHES; BUOYANCY; RUNOFF; STORM SEWERS; STORMS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY;

BEACH WATER QUALITIES; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; FIELD MEASUREMENT; ORNAMENTAL PLANTS; RECREATIONAL WATER QUALITY; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; STORM DRAIN SYSTEM; TURBULENT DIFFUSIVITIES;

WATER POLLUTION;

DYE; FRESH WATER; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER; WATER;

BEACH; DRAIN; FECAL COLIFORM; MARINE POLLUTION; RUNOFF; SHORELINE; TURBULENCE; URBAN AREA; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BAY; EBB TIDE; FECAL COLIFORM; FLOOD TIDE; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PLUME; SALINITY; SEASHORE; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHER; BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEASON; SWIMMING; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW;

CALIFORNIA; NEWPORT BAY; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA; BATHING BEACHES; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEASONS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER QUALITY; WEATHER;

EID: 84918585212     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es503139h     Document Type: Article

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