Ground water quality in the Kathmandu valley of Nepal

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 178, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 477-485

  Pant, Bhoj Raj ^a  

^a Royal Nepal Academy of Science and Technology   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Coliform; Groundwaters; Kathmandu valley; Sampling; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTABLE LIMIT; COLIFORM; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; KATHMANDU; MICRO-BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PH VALUE; QUALITY GUIDELINES; QUALITY STANDARD; SHALLOW WELLS; TOTAL COLIFORM BACTERIA; TUBEWELLS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARSENIC; BACTERIOLOGY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COLIFORM BACTERIA; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; TURBIDITY; WATER HARDNESS; WELLS;

POTABLE WATER;

ARSENIC; CHLORIDE; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; IRON;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER; GUIDELINE; IRON; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PARAMETERIZATION; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY; WELL WATER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; PH; TURBIDITY; WATER HARDNESS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER STANDARD; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; IRON; NEPAL; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

BAGMATI; BHAKTAPUR; KATHMANDU; KATHMANDU VALLEY; LALITPUR [BAGMATI]; NEPAL;

EID: 79960416823     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1706-y     Document Type: Article

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