Impact of the use of reclaimed water on the quality of groundwater resources in the Jordan Valley, Jordan

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1001-1014

  Kuisi, Mustafa Al ^a   Aljazzar, Taiseer ^b   Rü, Thomas R ^b   Margane, Armin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Escherichia coli; Fertilizers; Groundwater; Nitrate; Reclaimed water; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER POLLUTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DRINKING WATER; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; WASTEWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

JORDAN VALLEY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77952397228     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.200700190     Document Type: Article

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