Chemical and microbiological quality of desalinated water, groundwater and rain-fed cisterns in the Gaza strip, Palestine

Desalination

Volumn 249, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1165-1170

  Al Khatib, Issam A ^a   Arafat, Hassan A ^b  

^a BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Desalinated water; Gaza Strip; Palestine; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; DESALINATED WATER; DESALINATION PLANT; DOMESTIC WATER; FECAL COLIFORM; GAZA STRIP; HIGH INCIDENCE; MICROBIOLOGICAL QUALITY; NON-COMPLIANCE; PALESTINE; PHYSIO-CHEMICAL; POST TREATMENT; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; WATER NETWORKS; WATER SAMPLES; WATER-BORNE DISEASE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DESALINATION; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; RAIN; WATER FILTRATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DESALINATION; GROUNDWATER; RAINWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

ASIA; EURASIA; GAZA STRIP; MIDDLE EAST; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES; PALESTINE;

EID: 71949087140     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2009.01.038     Document Type: Article

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