Assessment of the quality of bottled/sachet water in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality (TM) of Ghana

Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 377-385

  Nana Asamoah, D ^a   Amorin, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Coliform; Metals; Microbial; Physiochemical

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE HARDNESS; COLIFORM; DOMESTIC PURPOSE; DRY SEASONS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EQUATORIAL CLIMATE; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; MICROBIAL; MICROBIAL ANALYSIS; MINING ACTIVITIES; MINING TOWNS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSIOCHEMICAL; POPULATION GROWTH RATES; QUALITY OF WATER; RAINY SEASONS; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOTAL COLIFORMS; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; WATER COMPANIES; WATER REQUIREMENTS; WATER SAMPLES; WATER SOURCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ALKALINITY; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BARIUM; CADMIUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROUNDWATER; HARDNESS; LEAD; MANGANESE; POPULATION STATISTICS; POTABLE WATER; SODIUM; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 79960050391     PISSN: 20407459     EISSN: 20407467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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