Evaluation of water quality for drinking and irrigation purpose from Simly Lake, Pakistan

Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1565-1572

  Iqbal, Javed ^a   Shah, Munir Hussain ^a   Tirmizi, Syed Ahmed ^a   Akhter, Gulraiz ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Irrigation drinking water; Pakistan; Physicochemical parameter; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874482450     PISSN: 02535106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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