The effect of in-stream activities on the Njoro River, Kenya. Part I: Stream flow and chemical water quality

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue 8-13, 2008, Pages 722-728

  Yillia, Paul T ^a,b   Kreuzinger, Norbert ^b   Mathooko, Jude M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE   (Sierra Leone)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Abstraction; In stream activities; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CURING; DRYING; FLOW OF WATER; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; STREAM FLOW; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

ABSTRACTION; CHEMICAL WATER; DRY WEATHERS; EFFECT OF IN; IN-STREAM ACTIVITIES; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; STREAM CHANNELS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; WATER ABSTRACTION; WATER ALLOCATIONS; WATER SAMPLES; WET AND DRY;

RIVERS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; STREAMFLOW; STREAMWATER; SUSPENDED LOAD; TURBIDITY; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; WATER USE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; NJORO RIVER; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 48949087386     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.06.041     Document Type: Article

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