Evaluation of water quality of the Qaraaoun reservoir, Lebanon: Suitability for multipurpose usage

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 11-30

  Jurdi, Mey ^a   Ibrahim Korfali, Samira ^b   Karahagopian, Yester ^a   Davies, Brian E ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lebanon; Multi purpose water usage; Qaraaoun reservoir; Water chemistry; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ALKALINITY; CALCIUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FISHERIES; IRRIGATION; PH EFFECTS; POTABLE WATER; RESERVOIRS (WATER); TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

MULTIPURPOSE USAGES;

ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING;

ALUMINUM; AMMONIA; ARSENIC; CALCIUM; CHLORINE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; IRON; MAGNESIUM; NITRITE; PHOSPHATE; SODIUM; SULFATE; ZINC; HEAVY METAL;

RESERVOIR; WATER DEMAND; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURE; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FISHERY; FLUID INTAKE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LEBANON; LIVESTOCK; PH; POLITICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECREATION; RIVER; SEASON; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURBIDITY; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANIMAL; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LEBANON; METALS, HEAVY; RECREATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WATER SUPPLY; ANIMALS; HUMANS;

LEBANON;

EID: 0035984723     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015781930601     Document Type: Article

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