Water issues in the Kingdom of Jordan: A brief review with reasons for declining quality

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 1019-1023

  Alqadi, Khaled A ^a   Kumar, Lalit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agricultural practice; Salinity; Water pollution; Water quality; Water supply

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGRICULTURE; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); JORDAN; POPULATION GROWTH; REVIEW; SALINITY; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 80655129319     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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