Impact of discharged wastewater final effluent on the physicochemical qualities of a receiving watershed in a suburban community of the eastern Cape Province

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 938-944

  Osode, Augustina N ^a   Okoh, Anthony I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

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DISCHARGE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFLUENT; NITRITE; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SALINITY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SUBURBAN AREA; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; WATERSHED;

EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 72849151026     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.200900098     Document Type: Article

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