Analysis and evaluation of nitrate levels in groundwater at Al-Hashimiya area, Jordan

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 135, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 475-486

  Obeidat, Mutewekil M ^a   Massadeh, Adnan M ^a   Al Ajlouni, Ahmad M ^a   Athamneh, Faisal S ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Al Hashimiya area; Analysis; APHA; Groundwater; Jordan; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; IMPURITIES; NITRATES; PH; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE CONTAMINATION; POLLUTANTS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NITRATE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EFFLUENT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; JORDAN; PH; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; HOUSING; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; JORDAN; NITRATES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 36249029128     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9667-5     Document Type: Article

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