Groundwater quality of north-east Libya

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 695-700

  Nair, G Achuthan ^b,c   Bohjuari, Jalal Ahmed ^a   Al Mariami, Muftah A ^a   Attia, Fathi Ali ^a   El Toumi, Fatma F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENGHAZI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

^c Easwari Vilas   (India)

Author keywords

Desirable limit; North east Libya; Parametric ratio; Physicochemical parameters; Pollution; Water quality index; Well water

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; CHLORINE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; IRON; MANGANESE; PHOSPHORUS; WELL WATER; ZINC;

DRINKING WATER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER; HARDNESS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER HARDNESS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

AFRICA; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 33749324441     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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