Water quality assessment and modeling of an effluent-dominated stream, the Notwane River, Botswana

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 109, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 97-121

  Mladenov, N ^a   Strzepek, K ^a   Serumola, O M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Department of Water Affairs ^*  (Botswana)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Effluent; Projection; Waste water; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLIFORM BACTERIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFLUENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER POLLUTION; STREAM FLOW; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FECAL COLIFORM; TOTAL DISSOLVED PHOSPHOROUS; WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT;

WATER QUALITY;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER POLLUTION; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BOTSWANA; CATTLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; EUTROPHICATION; FECES ANALYSIS; MACROPHYTE; POND; SIMULATION; STREAM (RIVER); WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

AMMONIA; BOTSWANA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRATES; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; STREPTOCOCCUS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS;

EID: 27744436741     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-5842-8     Document Type: Article

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