Land-use impacts on the quality of groundwater in Bulawayo

Water SA

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 453-464

  Mangore, E ^a   Taigbenu, A E ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Environmental impact; Groundwater; Land use; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COLIFORM BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOLOGY; LEACHATE TREATMENT; POTABLE WATER; SEWERS; URBAN PLANNING; WATER QUALITY;

DOMESTIC SEWERS; FAECAL COLIFORMS; SAMPLING STATIONS;

GROUNDWATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND USE; POLLUTION MONITORING; WATER QUALITY;

AFRICA; BULAWAYO [BULAWAYO (PRV)]; BULAWAYO [ZIMBABWE]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD; ZIMBABWE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 8444248974     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v30i4.5097     Document Type: Article

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