Development of low cost household drinking water treatment system for the earthquake affected communities in Northern Pakistan

Desalination

Volumn 273, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 316-320

  Mahmood, Qaisar ^a   Baig, Shams Ali ^a   Nawab, Bahadar ^a   Shafqat, Mustafa Nawaz ^a   Pervez, Arshid ^a   Zeb, Bibi Saima ^a  

^a Comsats Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Biological contamination; Filtration; Household sand filter; Turbidity; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

AFFECTED AREA; BIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DRINKING WATER; DRINKING WATER QUALITY; DRINKING WATER TREATMENT; E. COLI; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CONSEQUENCES; HOUSEHOLD SAND FILTER; LOW COSTS; LOW QUALITIES; ON-SITE PERFORMANCE; OPERATIONAL PERIODS; PAKISTAN; PRE-TREATMENT; SAND FILTER; TOTAL COLIFORMS; WATER QUALITY ISSUES;

BIOFILTRATION; EARTHQUAKES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POTABLE WATER; SAND; TURBIDITY; WATER FILTRATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

WATER POLLUTION;

DRINKING WATER; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FILTRATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

PAKISTAN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79953747029     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.01.052     Document Type: Article

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