The Impact of Geology of Recharge Areas on Groundwater Quality: A Case Study of Zhob River Basin, Pakistan

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 119-127

  Umar, Muhammad ^a   Waseem, Amir ^b   Sabir, Muhammad Amjad ^a   Kassi, Akhtar Muhammad ^c   Khan, Abdul Salam ^c  

^a COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Balochistan; Drinking water; Irrigation; Recharge area; Remote area; Semi arid country

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; RECHARGE; SEMIARID REGION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER SUPPLY;

PAKISTAN; ZHOB RIVER;

EID: 84872681419     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201100581     Document Type: Article

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