Public water sources in rural watersheds of Nepal's Middle Mountains: Issues and constraints

Environmental Management

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 26-37

  Merz, Juerg ^a   Nakarmi, Gopal ^a   Shrestha, Smita ^a   Dahal, Bed M ^b   Dongol, Bhawani S ^a   Schaffner, Monika ^c   Shakya, Sangeeta ^b   Sharma, Subodh ^b   Weingartner, Rolf ^c  

^a PARDYP/Intl Ctr Intgd Mt Devmt   (Nepal)

^b KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Microbiological contamination; Middle Mountains; Nepal; Water quality; Water supply

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; NITRATES; PHOSPHATES; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY;

MONSOON SEASON; WATER QUANTITY; WATER SOURCES;

WATERSHEDS;

MICROBIOLOGY; RURAL AREA; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NEPAL; RURAL AREA; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; MIDDLE HILLS; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 4344659925     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-004-0118-6     Document Type: Article

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