Quality of stormwater runoff in the State of Kuwait, Al-Asema governorate

International Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-239

  Al Jaralla, Rawa ^a   Al Fares, Rana ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Chemical analysis; Kuwait; Runoff quality; Stormwater

Indexed keywords

KUWAIT; OIL AND GREASE; RAIN EVENTS; RUNOFF QUALITY; SAMPLING LOCATION; STORM WATER RUNOFF; STORMWATER; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; VOLATILE SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

ALUMINUM; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICALS; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; LAND USE; RUNOFF; STORM SEWERS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 69149096587     PISSN: 00207233     EISSN: 10290400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207230902859838     Document Type: Article

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