The toledo drinking water advisory: Suggested application of the water safety planning approach

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 9787-9808

  Jetoo, Savitri ^a   Grover, Velma I ^b   Krantzberg, Gail ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Drinking water advisory; Eutrophication; Great lakes; Toledo water; Water safety planning

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; DRINKING WATER; EUTROPHICATION; MAINTENANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TOXIN; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER TREATMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; OHIO; TOLEDO [OHIO]; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84940566600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su7089787     Document Type: Article

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