Chemical drinking water quality in Ghana: Water costs and scope for advanced treatment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2378-2386

  Rossiter, Helfrid M A ^a   Owusu, Peter A ^b   Awuah, Esi ^b   MacDonald, Alan M ^c   Schäfer, Andrea I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boreholes; Chemical water quality; Cost; Drinking water; Ghana; Groundwater; Improved supply; Wells

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TREATMENT; CAPITAL COSTS; CHEMICAL QUALITY; CHEMICAL WATER; CHILD MORTALITY; COORDINATED WATER; DRINKING WATER; DRINKING WATER QUALITY; ECONOMIC RESOURCES; GHANA; GROUNDWATER SOURCES; INSTALLATION COSTS; MAINTENANCE COST; MINING AREAS; PAYMENT SYSTEMS; PRIVATE SECTORS; QUALITY COSTS; WATER CAPACITY; WATER COLLECTION; WATER COSTS; WATER SOURCE;

ARSENIC; BOREHOLES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COSTS; GROUNDWATER; LEAD; MAINTENANCE; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; POTABLE WATER; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RECYCLING; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; WELLS;

WATER TREATMENT;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CHLORIDE; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; LEAD; MANGANESE; NITRATE; URANIUM;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRINKING WATER; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD SAFETY; GHANA; HEALTH CARE COST; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CAPITAL FINANCING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GHANA; METALS, HEAVY; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

GHANA;

EID: 77950063864     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.01.053     Document Type: Article

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