Confirmed faecal pollution to bore well waters of Mysore city

Environmental Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 322-326

  Nagaraju, D ^a   Sastri, J C V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

Bore well waters; Faecal Pollution; Nitrates in groundwater; Water borne infections

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; MICROORGANISMS; NITRATES; POTABLE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; WATER WELLS;

FAECAL POLLUTION; WATERBORNE INFECTIONS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

DRINKING WATER; FECES; POLLUTION;

INDIA; KARNATAKA; MYSORE;

CITROBACTER; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MIRABILIS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA SP.;

EID: 0032722976     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050429     Document Type: Article

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