Effects of biosolids and manure application on microbial water quality in rural areas in the US

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3701-3723

  Oun, Amira ^a   Kumar, Arun ^b   Harrigan, Timothy ^c   Angelakis, Andreas ^d   Xagoraraki, Irene ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^c Michigan State University   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Best management practices; Biosolids; Contamination of ground and surface waters; Manure; Microbial source tracking; Microorganisms; Pathogens; Risk assessment; Rural systems; Water quality; Waterborne diseases

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOSOLIDS; CONTAMINATION; DISEASES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MANURES; MICROORGANISMS; PATHOGENS; POTABLE WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; RURAL AREAS; SURFACE WATERS; VIRUSES; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; MICROBIAL WATER QUALITY; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER SLUDGE; WATER-BORNE CONTAMINANTS; WATER-BORNE DISEASE; WATER-BORNE OUTBREAKS;

WATER POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; BIOSOLID; DRINKING WATER; MANURE; MICROORGANISM; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84920915032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w6123701     Document Type: Review

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