Sources of water pollution and evolution of water quality in the Wuwei basin of Shiyang river, Northwest China

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1168-1177

  Ma, Jinzhu ^a   Ding, Zhenyu ^a   Wei, Guoxiao ^a   Zhao, Hua ^a,b   Huang, Tianming ^a,c  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanxi Provincial Research Institute of Communications   (China)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Reservoir; Water pollution; Water quality; Wuwei basin

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS;

CASE-STUDIES; CHEMICAL ANALYSE; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; NORTHWEST CHINA; SOURCE OF WATERS; SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATERS; SURFACE WATER QUALITY; SURVEY ANALYSIS; WUWEI BASIN; WUWEI CITY;

WATER QUALITY;

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM ION; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; SURFACE WATER;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; MINERALIZATION; NITRATE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER POLLUTION; SALINITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHINA; FISHERY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; MINERALIZATION; RIVER; SALINITY; SEWAGE; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; HONGYA; SHIYANG BASIN; SICHUAN;

EID: 56249138247     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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