Fecal pollution source tracking toolbox for identification, evaluation and characterization of fecal contamination in receiving urban surface waters and groundwater

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 538, Issue , 2015, Pages 38-57

  Tran, Ngoc Han ^a   Gin, Karina Yew Hoong ^a   Ngo, Huu Hao ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artificial sweeteners; Chemical wastewater markers; Fecal pollution source tracking; Microbial indicators; Pharmaceuticals and personal care products; Surface water contamination

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHEMICAL WASTES; CONTAMINATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FLUORINE; FOOD ADDITIVES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); LAND USE; POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; SUGAR SUBSTITUTES; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; SURFACE WATERS; VIRUSES; WATER RESOURCES;

ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS; FECAL POLLUTION; MICROBIAL INDICATORS; PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

WATER POLLUTION;

ACESULFAME; CAFFEINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHOLESTEROL; CORPROSTANOL; CROTAMITON; CYCLAMATE SODIUM; DIAMINOSTILBENE; DIATRIZOATE; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; DISTYRYLBIPHENYL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; GALAXOLIDE; GROUND WATER; IOMEPROL; IOPAMIDOL; IOPROMIDE; PARACETAMOL; PROPYPHENAZONE; SACCHARIN; SALICYLIC ACID; STEROL DERIVATIVE; STIGMASTEROL; SUCRALOSE; SURFACE WATER; SWEETENING AGENT; TOLANIDE; TRICLOCARBAN; TRICLOSAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

FECAL COLIFORM; GROUNDWATER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PPCP; SURFACE WATER; TRACKING; URBAN AREA; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ASTROVIRIDAE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTEROIDALES; BACTEROIDALES THETAIOTAOMICRON; BIODEGRADATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENTERIC VIRUS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HALF LIFE TIME; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; METHANOBREVIBACTER SMITHII; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; PEPPER MILD MOTTLE VIRUS; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; POLYOMAVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROTAVIRUS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; GROUNDWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84940194630     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.07.155     Document Type: Review

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