Pollution characteristics of alluvial groundwater from springs and bore wells in semi-urban informal settlements of Douala, Cameroon, Western Africa

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 287-298

  Takem, Gloria Eneke ^a,b,c   Chandrasekharam, Dornadula ^b   Ayonghe, Samuel N ^a   Thambidurai, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^c Institute of Mining and Geological Research IRGM   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Informal settlement; Pit latrines; Pollution; Shallow aquifer

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; ATTENUATION ,; BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION; CAMEROON; CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; CONCENTRATION OF; DOMESTIC PURPOSE; DRINKING WATER; DUG WELL; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FECAL COLIFORM; FECAL STREPTOCOCCI; GROUND SURFACES; HIGH CONCENTRATION; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS; LOCAL POPULATIONS; MAJOR IONS; MICROBIAL CONTENTS; MULTIPLE SOURCE; NATURAL AREAS; NITRATE LEVELS; RAINY SEASONS; SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SINGLE SAMPLE; TWO HAND; WATER QUALITY DETERIORATION; WATER SAMPLES;

AQUIFERS; CLAY DEPOSITS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HEALTH HAZARDS; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); POLLUTION; POTABLE WATER; SEWAGE; WATER QUALITY; WELLS;

RIVERS;

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUIFER POLLUTION; BIOINDICATOR; DRINKING WATER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GUIDELINE; HEALTH RISK; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; PH; PHANEROZOIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHALLOW WATER; SPRING WATER; WATER QUALITY; WELL WATER;

CAMEROON; DOUALA; LITTORAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 77953983453     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0342-8     Document Type: Article

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