The characteristics of leachate and groundwater pollution at municipal solid waste landfill of Ibb City, Yemen

American Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 256-266

  Al Sabahi, Esmail ^a   Rahim, S Abdul ^a   Wan Zuhairi, W Y ^a   Nozaily, Fadhl Al ^b   Alshaebi, Fares ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Heavy metals; Ibb landfill; Pollution

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISSOLVED MATTER; DRINKING WATER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; IBB; MIDDLE EAST; YEMEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 64649089699     PISSN: 1553345X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajessp.2009.256.266     Document Type: Article

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