Effectiveness of solar disinfection (SODIS) in rural coastal Bangladesh

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1113-1122

  Atikul Islam, Md ^a   Azad, Abul Kalam ^a   Ali Akber, Md ^a   Rahman, Masudur ^a   Sadhu, Indrojit ^a  

^a KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Coastal Bangladesh; Drinking water; Fecal contamination; Solar disinfection

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

COASTAL ZONE; DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; FECAL COLIFORM; HEALTH RISK; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RESOURCE SCARCITY; RURAL AREA; SOLAR POWER; WATER STORAGE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; COASTAL WATERS; DISINFECTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL COLIFORM; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PH; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; SALINITY; SOLAR DISINFECTION; TURBIDITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TREATMENT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; SUNLIGHT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BANGLADESH; DACOPE; KHULNA [BANGLADESH];

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BANGLADESH; DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; SUNLIGHT; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84956719526     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2015.186     Document Type: Article

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