Are sanitation interventions a threat to drinking water supplies in rural India? An application of tryptophan-like fluorescence

Water Research

Volumn 88, Issue , 2016, Pages 923-932

  Sorensen, J P R ^a   Sadhu, A ^b   Sampath, G ^b   Sugden, S ^c   Dutta Gupta, S ^d   Lapworth, D J ^a   Marchant, B P ^a   Pedley, S ^e  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Water For People ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drinking water; India; On site sanitation; Pit latrines; Tryptophan like fluorescence

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; FLUORESCENCE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LEACHING; POTABLE WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; WATER; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

DETECTION LIMITS; DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY; FAECAL CONTAMINATION; INDIA; ON-SITE SANITATIONS; PIT LATRINES; PRESENCE-ABSENCE; RURAL POPULATION;

RURAL AREAS;

DRINKING WATER; TRYPTOPHAN;

DEFECATION; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLUORESCENCE; GROUNDWATER; LEACHING; PROTEIN; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY; WATER PLANNING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; INDIA; LEACHING; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION;

BIHAR; INDIA;

DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; INDIA; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; TRYPTOPHAN; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84962659792     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.11.006     Document Type: Article

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