Groundwater as source of contamination for water supply in rapidly growing megacities of Asia: Case of Karachi, Pakistan

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 7-8 -8 pt 4, 1996, Pages 285-292

  Rahman, Ausaf Ur ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Domestic water supply; Groundwater contamination; Megacities; Urban water supply; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

MEGACITIES;

CONTAMINATION; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER;

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; PAKISTAN; SANITATION; SEWAGE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029857754     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(96)00756-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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