Diverse land use and the impact on (Irrigation) water quality and need for measures - A case study of a Norwegian river

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 6979-7001

  Johannessen, Gro S ^a   Wennberg, Aina C ^b   Nesheim, Ingrid ^b   Tryland, Ingun ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

E. coli; Fecal contamination source; Fecal indicator bacteria; Irrigation water; Municipal measures; Water quality

Indexed keywords

SURFACE WATER;

FECAL COLIFORM; IRRIGATION; LAND USE; PATHOGEN; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES LEVEL; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LAND USE; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SALMONELLA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; FOODBORNE DISEASES; MICROBIOLOGY; NORWAY; STANDARDS;

NORWAY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOODBORNE DISEASES; NORWAY; RIVERS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84934923281     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120606979     Document Type: Article

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