A traditional first flush assessment of E. coli in urban stormwater runoff

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2749-2757

  McCarthy, D T ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Escherichia coli; Microorganisms; Model; Wet weather

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER CRIME; ESCHERICHIA COLI; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RUNOFF;

DESIGN TREATMENTS; E. COLI; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; FIRST FLUSH; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; MICROBIAL INDICATORS; STATISTICAL INFERENCE; STORMWATERS; URBAN CATCHMENT; URBAN STORMWATER; URBAN STORMWATER RUNOFF; WET WEATHER; WET WEATHER FLOW;

HEALTH RISKS;

RUNOFF; STORM WATER;

BIOINDICATOR; CATCHMENT; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; HEALTH RISK; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; URBAN AREA; WATER TREATMENT; WET SEASON;

AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLIMATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROLOGY; NONHUMAN; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84999098783     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.374     Document Type: Article

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