Assessment of drinking water quality of a coastal village of Karachi

Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 370-375

  Hasnie, Farrukh R ^a   Qureshi, Naureen A ^b  

^a Mercy Corps ^*  (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Coastal area; Coliforms; Drinking water; Escherichia coli; Nutrients; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CALCIUM; CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; NITRITE; PHOSPHATE; TRACE METAL;

COASTAL ZONE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DRINKING WATER; NUTRIENT; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH HAZARD; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PAKISTAN; SEASHORE; SERRATIA; SPRING; TANK; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 10044242515     PISSN: 00309885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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