Seasonal variation of fecal contamination in drinking water sources in developing countries: A systematic review

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 514, Issue , 2015, Pages 333-343

  Kostyla, Caroline ^a   Bain, Rob ^a,b   Cronk, Ryan ^a   Bartram, Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

Drinking water quality; Escherichia coli; Fecal indicator bacteria; Post 2015 sustainable development goals; Seasonality; Thermotolerant coliform

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POLLUTION DETECTION; POTABLE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

DRINKING WATER SOURCES; FECAL CONTAMINATION; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; POST-2015 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS; SEASONALITY; THERMOTOLERANT; WATER QUALITY MONITORING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

WATER POLLUTION;

DRINKING WATER; RAIN;

DEVELOPING WORLD; DRINKING WATER; FECAL COLIFORM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRY SEASON; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL CONTAMINATION; FECES ANALYSIS; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREND STUDY; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY; WET SEASON; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANALYSIS; FECES; MICROBIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRINKING WATER; FECES; SEASONS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84922424035     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.01.018     Document Type: Review

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