Characterisation of the water quality from open and rope-pump shallow wells in rural Cambodia

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 473-479

  Bennett, H B ^a   Shantz, A ^b   Shin, G ^a   Sampson, M L ^b   Meschke, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Resource Development International Cambodia   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Dug wells; Groundwater; Rope pump wells; Source improvement; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; DISSOLUTION; DROUGHT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HEALTH RISKS; MANGANESE; POTABLE WATER; PUMPS; ROPE; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER RECYCLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; WELLS;

CAMBODIA; DUG WELL; DUG WELLS; PUMP WELLS; SOURCE IMPROVEMENT;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CHLORIDE; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; IRON; MANGANESE; NITRATE; WATER;

ARSENIC; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DRINKING WATER; DRY SEASON; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PH; POLLUTION MONITORING; RURAL AREA; SHALLOW WATER; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; WELL; WELL WATER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AQUIFER; CAMBODIA; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLIPHAGE; CONDUCTANCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTHETICS; HEALTH HAZARD; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PH; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TURBIDITY; WATER HARDNESS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FAMILY SIZE; MICROBIOLOGY; STANDARD; TIME;

CAMBODIA;

CAMBODIA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77950367365     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.817     Document Type: Article

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