Enteric viruses in New Zealand drinking-water sources
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Drinking water, ecology, and gastroenteritis in New Zealand
New Zealand has good quality drinking water derived from thousands of streams, rivers, lakes and aquifers fed by regular rainfalls ranging from 400 to 11 000 mm year". These waters are treated variously to provide over 80% of 3.6 million inhabitants with satisfactory drinking water. By international standards, New Zealand nevertheless has high incidence rates of potentially waterborne diseases ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Water Science and Technology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0273-1223,1996-9732
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.117