Stagnant surface water bodies (SSWBs) as an alternative water resource for the Chittagong metropolitan area of Bangladesh: Physicochemical characterization in terms of water quality indices

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 173, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 669-684

  Rahman, Ismail Md Mofizur ^a,b   Islam, M Monirul ^b   Hossain, M Mosharraf ^b,c   Hossain, M Shahadat ^b,d   Begum, Zinnat A ^a   Chowdhury, Didarul A ^e   Chakraborty, Milan K ^f   Rahman, M Azizur ^a   Nazimuddin, M ^b   Hasegawa, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^f Mohra Water Treatment Plant   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Chittagong; Surface water; Urban water supply; Water chemistry; Water quality index

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE WATER RESOURCE; ANALYTICAL COSTS; BANGLADESH; BUDGET CONSTRAINT; CHITTAGONG; DRINKING WATER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; FRESHWATER SCARCITY; FRESHWATER SUPPLY; METROPOLITAN AREA; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; QUALITY PARAMETERS; RELIABLE ESTIMATES; SURFACE WATER BODY; TOTAL COLIFORMS; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TOTAL SOLIDS; TRACE METAL; URBAN WATER SUPPLY; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY INDEX; WATER QUALITY INDEXES; WATER SAMPLES; WATER TEMPERATURES; WATERBODIES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CADMIUM; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHROMIUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; FISH; LEAD; POTABLE WATER; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SALINE WATER; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; SURFACE WATERS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TURBIDITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER CONTENT;

AMMONIA; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHLORIDE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FRESH WATER; IRON; LEAD; PHOSPHATE; SURFACE WATER;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DRINKING WATER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; METROPOLITAN AREA; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SURFACE WATER; TURBIDITY; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; TURBIDITY; URBAN AREA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER HARDNESS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BANGLADESH; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; WATER SUPPLY;

BANGLADESH; CHITTAGONG [BANGLADESH];

EID: 79151477535     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1414-7     Document Type: Article

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