Domestic water contamination in rapidly growing megacities of Asia: Case of Karachi, Pakistan

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 44, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 339-360

  Rahman, A ^a   Lee, H K ^a   Khan, M A ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; GROUND WATER; HEAVY METAL; NICKEL; WELL WATER;

CITY; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; POPULATION GROWTH; SANITATION; SEWAGE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY;

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; COLIFORM BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH HAZARDS; LEAD; NICKEL; SEWAGE; STANDARDS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

DOMESTIC WATER CONTAMINATION;

POTABLE WATER;

BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION; COLIFORM BACTERIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRINKING WATER; HEAVY METAL; POTABLE WATER QUALITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN WATER SUPPLY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

PAKISTAN, KARACHI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030615615     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005747732104     Document Type: Conference Paper

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