Assessment of groundwater quality in shallow wells within the southern districts of Malawi

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue 8-13, 2008, Pages 812-823

  Pritchard, M ^a   Mkandawire, T ^b   O'Neill, J G ^c  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c Centre for Research in Environment and Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coliforms; Groundwater; Shallow wells; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARSENIC; BOREHOLES; CONTAMINATION; CURING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DROUGHT; DRYING; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; NITRATES; NONMETALS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; POTABLE WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; TURBIDITY; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER QUALITY; WELL TESTING; WELLS;

ACCEPTABLE LIMITS; COLONY-FORMING UNITS (CFU); CONTAMINATION LEVELS; DEEP BOREHOLES; DRY SEASONS; ELEVATED LEVELS; GROUND WATER QUALITY; GROUNDWATER SOURCES; MICROBIOLOGICAL DATA; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; QUALITY CHANGES; QUALITY OF WATER; RURAL COMMUNITIES; SAFE DRINKING WATER; SHALLOW WELLS; SULPHATE; WATER NEEDS; WATER SAMPLES; WATER TESTING; WET SEASON;

WATER POLLUTION;

BOREHOLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DEVELOPING WORLD; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GROUNDWATER; RURAL AREA; WATER QUALITY; WELL WATER;

AFRICA; BALAKA; CHIKWAWA; EAST AFRICA; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZOMBA;

BALAKA;

EID: 48749101646     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.06.036     Document Type: Article

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