Evaluation and assessment of water quality in Likangala River and its catchment area

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 36, Issue 14-15, 2011, Pages 865-871

  Chidya, R C G ^a   Sajidu, S M I ^a   Mwatseteza, J F ^a   Masamba, W R L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b Harry Oppenheimer Okavango Research Centre   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Lake Chilwa; Likangala River; Water quality; Zomba; Zomba Sewage Works

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS; BEHAVIOURAL CHANGES; CATCHMENT AREA; CROP FIELDS; DETECTION LIMITS; EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT; FECAL COLIFORM; HUMAN CONSUMPTION; LIKANGALA RIVER; MAXIMUM VALUES; MICRO-BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PHOSPHATE LEVELS; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; RAINY SEASONS; RIVER BANK; SEWAGE WORKS; SOIL SAMPLE; URBAN AREAS; WATER SAMPLES; ZOMBA; ZOMBA SEWAGE WORKS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CATCHMENTS; CHROMIUM; ECONOMICS; LAKES; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEWAGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CATCHMENT; FECAL COLIFORM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RIVER POLLUTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; WETLAND; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE CHILWA; LIKANGALA RIVER; MALAWI; ZOMBA;

EID: 80054058233     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2011.07.070     Document Type: Article

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