Ground-water quality deterioration in arid areas: A case study of the Zerqa river basin as influenced by Khirbet Es-Samra waste water (Jordan)

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 227-239

  Al Kharabsheh, Atef ^a  

^a AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Arid; Deterioration; Ground water; Treatment; Waste water

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; JORDAN; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER TREATMENT; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

JORDAN; SEIL ZERQA BASIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MUS;

EID: 0032701679     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1999.0551     Document Type: Article

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