Water quality and quantity in Jordan's Dead Sea wadis

Water International

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 369-379

  Barber, Michael ^a   Loge, Frank ^b   Al Omari, Abbas ^c   Fayyad, Manar ^c  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Irrigation; Jordan; Pathogens; Radioactivity; Water supply; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249216649     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060802265519     Document Type: Article

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