Impacts of at-site wastewater disposal systems on the groundwater aquifer in arid regions: Case of Sfax City, Southern Tunisia

Environmental Geology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1123-1133

  Chamtouri, Ibticem ^a   Abida, Habib ^a   Khanfir, Hafedh ^b   Bouri, Salem ^a  

^a University of Sfax   (Tunisia)

^b Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Recharge; Southern Tunisia; Wastewater; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

DISPOSAL SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER AQUIFERS; RECHARGE; SOUTHERN TUNISIA; TUNISIA; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

WASTEWATER DISPOSAL;

AQUIFER; ARID REGION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLORIDE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATE; PIEZOMETER; RECHARGE; SODIUM; URBAN AREA; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER; WATER LEVEL; WATER QUALITY;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; SFAX [TUNISIA]; TUNISIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 49749107805     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-1060-8     Document Type: Article

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