Groundwater quality evaluation for productive uses - The afram plains area, Ghana

Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 222-227

  Yidana, Sandow Mark ^a   Ophori, Duke ^a   Banoeng Yakubo, Bruce ^b  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Developing Countries; Electrical conductivity; Fluoridation; Ghana; Potable water; Sodium

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AQUIFERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; IRRIGATION; POTABLE WATER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SODIUM;

GROUNDWATER QUALITY; SODIUM ADSOPRTION RATIO;

WATER QUALITY;

ADSORPTION; AQUIFERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; IRRIGATION; POTABLE WATER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SODIUM; WATER QUALITY;

ADSORPTION; AQUIFER; DEVELOPING WORLD; DRINKING WATER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; IRRIGATION; SALINITY; SODIUM; WATER QUALITY;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 41749084182     PISSN: 07339437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9437(2008)134:2(222)     Document Type: Article

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