Citizen science-based water quality monitoring: Constructing a large database to characterize the impacts of combined sewer overflow in New York City

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 580, Issue , 2017, Pages 168-177

  Farnham, David J ^a   Gibson, Rebecca A ^b   Hsueh, Diana Y ^b   McGillis, Wade R ^b   Culligan, Patricia J ^a   Zain, Nina ^c   Buchanan, Rob ^d  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c The River Project   (United States)

^d New York City Water Trail Association and Coordinator   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen science; CSO; Fecal indicator bacteria; HyServe Compact Dry ETC; IDEXX Enterolert; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; RAIN; SEWAGE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

CITIZEN SCIENCE; COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; HYSERVE COMPACT DRY ETC; IDEXX ENTEROLERT; RECREATIONAL WATER QUALITY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALE; WATER QUALITY MONITORING;

COMBINED SEWERS;

RAIN;

BACTERIUM; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECAL COLIFORM; SEWER NETWORK; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NEW YORK; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWER OUTFALL; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 85008164775     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.11.116     Document Type: Article

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