Intermittent Water Supply: Prevalence, Practice, and Microbial Water Quality

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 542-553

  Kumpel, Emily ^a,b   Nelson, Kara L ^a  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

^b The Aquaya Institute   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; WATER QUALITY;

DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; INTERMITTENT WATER SUPPLY; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; LOW INCOME COUNTRIES; MICROBIAL WATER QUALITY; NORMAL OPERATIONS; SUPPLY WATERS; UNDER-RESOURCED;

WATER SUPPLY;

DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; HEALTH RISK; KNOWLEDGE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PIPE; SANITATION; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

BIOFILM; HEALTH HAZARD; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MICROBIAL GROWTH; REVIEW; SANITATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

DRINKING WATER;

DRINKING WATER; HUMANS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84955456754     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b03973     Document Type: Review

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