Water Quality of the River Ganga at Varanasi

Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India): Environmental Engineering Division

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-4

  Dwivedi, S ^a   Tiwari, I C ^a   Bhargava, D S ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Quality rating curve; Varanasi ganga quality; Water quality index

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842665041     PISSN: 0251110X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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