Groundwater quality of upper and lower Dupi Tila aquifers in the megacity Dhaka, Bangladesh

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 342, Issue , 2011, Pages 71-74

  Ahmed, K M ^a   Sultana, S ^a   Hasan, M A ^a   Bhattacharya, P ^b   Hasan, M K ^c   Burgess, W G ^c   Hoque, M A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic; Dhaka megacity; Dupi Tila aquifer; Pollution; Urban

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC; ANTHROPOGENIC PROCESS; BANGLADESH; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; LARGE PARTS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MEGACITIES; MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLIES; URBAN; WATER QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS;

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING; POLLUTION; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS;

WATER QUALITY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUIFER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER; MEGACITY; MONITORING; POLLUTION EFFECT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH];

EID: 84860566857     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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