Water quality decline in coastal aquifers under anthropic pressure: The case of a suburban area of Dakar (Senegal)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 172, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 605-622

  Re, Viviana ^a   Cissé Faye, Seynabou ^b   Faye, Abdoulaye ^b   Faye, Serigne ^b   Gaye, Cheikh Becaye ^b   Sacchi, Elisa ^c,d   Zuppi, Gian Maria ^e  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental isotopes; Groundwater quality; Hydrochemistry; Urban and coastal aquifers

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; AQUIFER VULNERABILITY; CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; COASTAL AQUIFERS; COASTAL AREA; COASTAL REGIONS; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPES; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; HYDROCHEMICALS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; MAIN PROCESS; MONITORING STRATEGY; REGIONAL LEVELS; SEAWATER INTRUSION; SENEGAL; STABLE ISOTOPES; SUB-SAHARAN; SUBURBAN AREAS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AQUIFERS; COASTAL ZONES; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; PLANNING; POTABLE WATER; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEAWATER; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

CARBONIC ACID; CHLORIDE; DRINKING WATER; FERTILIZER; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; SEA WATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL AQUIFER; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SALINE INTRUSION; SUBURBAN AREA; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WELL WATER;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; SENEGAL; SEPTIC TANK; SEWAGE; SUBURBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SENEGAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

DAKAR [DAKAR (RGA)]; DAKAR [SENEGAL]; SENEGAL;

EID: 79251469762     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1359-x     Document Type: Article

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