Physicochemical quality of an urban municipal wastewater effluent and its impact on the receiving environment

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 170, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 383-394

  Odjadjare, Emmanuel E O ^a   Okoh, Anthony I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Physicochemical qualities; Receiving watershed; Wastewater effluent

Indexed keywords

BEST-PRACTICES; DISCHARGED EFFLUENTS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FINAL EFFLUENTS; MONITORING PROGRAMS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; PH VALUE; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL QUALITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; RECEIVING WATERSHED; SAMPLING POINTS; SOUTH AFRICA; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TREATED EFFLUENT; URBAN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER EFFLUENT; WATER QUALITY STANDARD;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; LANDFORMS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TURBIDITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATERSHEDS;

EFFLUENTS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRATE; NITRITE; PHOSPHATE;

EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; URBAN AREA; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; WATERSHED;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARD; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TURBIDITY; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATERSHED;

BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITRATES; NITRITES; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77957682673     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-1240-y     Document Type: Article

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