Associations of chemical tracers and faecal indicator bacteria in a tropical urban catchment

• Main Authors: Ekklesia, Eveline, Shanahan, P., Chua, L. H. C., Eikaas, H. S.
• 其他作者: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2015
• 主題: DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering::Water supply
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107110; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25261; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2015.02.037
• 機構: Nanyang Technological University

Surface water contamination by human faecal wastes is a widespread hazard for human health. Faecal indicator bacteria (FIB) are the most widely used indicators to assess surface water quality but are less-human-specific and have the potential to survive longer and/or occur naturally in tropical area...