Uncertainty in monitoring E. coli concentrations in streams and stormwater runoff

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 534, Issue , 2016, Pages 524-533

  Harmel, R D ^a   Hathaway, J M ^b   Wagner, K L ^c   Wolfe, J E ^d   Karthikeyan, R ^e   Francesconi, W ^f   McCarthy, D T ^g  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BLACKLAND RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER   (United States)

^e Texas A M University   (United States)

^f International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)   (Peru)

^g MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

E. coli; Error propagation; Monitoring; TMDL; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MONITORING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RUNOFF; STORM SEWERS; STORMS; STREAM FLOW; WATER POLLUTION;

E. COLI; ERROR PROPAGATION; FATE AND TRANSPORT MODELING; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; SYSTEMATIC UNCERTAINTIES; TMDL; UNCERTAINTY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BIOINDICATOR; CALIBRATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ERROR ANALYSIS; LABORATORY METHOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; STREAM CHANNEL; STREAMFLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84956654288     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.01.040     Document Type: Article

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