Impacts of land-use change on the water quality of the main ource of pipe borne water for Kumasi, Ghana (A case study of the arekese reservoir catchment area)

Proceedings of the Combined International Conference of Computing and Control for the Water Industry, CCWI2007 and Sustainable Urban Water Management, SUWM2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 243-248

  Kumasi, T C ^a   Obiri Danso, K ^a   Ephraim, J H ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Barekese reservoir; Land use change; Water quality and catchment area

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DEFORESTATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; LAND USE; MAPPING; PIPE; RUNOFF; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES; BAREKESE RESERVOIR; BUSHFIRES; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER IMAGES; OPEN FORESTS; RESERVOIR CATCHMENTS; RURAL POVERTIES;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; GHANA; LAND USE; MAPPING; PIPE LINES; POLLUTION CONTROL; RESERVOIRS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 60949087324     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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