Water quality index to determine the surface water quality of Sankey tank and Mallathahalli lake, Bangalore urban district, Karnataka, India

Applied Water Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 247-261

  Ravikumar, P ^a   Aneesul Mehmood, Mohammad ^a   Somashekar, R K ^a  

^a BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Mallathahalli lake; Percent sodium; Sankey tank; SAR; Water quality index

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HARDNESS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; POTASH; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SILICA; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); WATER HARDNESS;

BANGALORE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; INDEX VALUES; LAKE WATERS; LOW SODIUM; MALLATHAHALLI LAKE; PERCENT SODIUM; SANKEY TANK; TOTAL HARDNESS; WATER QUALITY INDEXES;

LAKES;

ALKALINITY; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FLUORIDE; IRON; LAKE WATER; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SULFATE; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

BANGALORE; INDIA; KARNATAKA;

EID: 84883875053     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21905495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13201-013-0077-2     Document Type: Article

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