Assessment of water quality of Manchar Lake in Sindh (Pakistan)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 141, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 287-296

  Mastoi, Ghulam Murtaza ^a   Shah, Syed Ghulam Sarwar ^b   Khuhawar, Mohammad Yar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SINDH   (Pakistan)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Manchar Lake; Pakistan; Sindh; Solvent extraction; Trace metals; Water quality assessment

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); LAKES; METAL IONS; POTABLE WATER; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER ANALYSIS;

FLAME ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETER; PHYSIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES;

WATER QUALITY;

CADMIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; COBALT; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; FRESH WATER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM ION; NICKEL; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; ZINC;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRAINAGE WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EXTRACTION METHOD; FRESHWATER; HARDNESS; LAKE WATER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOLVENT; TRACE METAL; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LAKE; PAKISTAN; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER HARDNESS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

METALS, HEAVY; PAKISTAN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; MANCHAR LAKE; PAKISTAN; SIND; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 43249089329     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9895-8     Document Type: Article

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