Use of treated wastewater for managed aquifer recharge in highly populated urban centers: A case study in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Environmental Geology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-59

  Abiye, Tamiru Alemayehu ^a   Sulieman, Hameed ^b   Ayalew, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c NONE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Attenuation capacity; Ethiopia; Managed aquifer recharge; Treated wastewater; Vadose zone; Vertisols

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION CAPACITY; ETHIOPIA; MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGE; TREATED WASTEWATER; VADOSE ZONE; VERTISOLS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; OXIDATION; PATIENT MONITORING; POSITIVE IONS; SOILS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER; FILTRATION; GROUNDWATER; INDUSTRIALIZATION; RECHARGE; VADOSE ZONE; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ADDIS ABABA; AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 67651089971     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1490-y     Document Type: Article

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