Assessment of groundwater quality and its suitability for drinking and agricultural uses in arid environment

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 743-753

  Al Khashman, Omar Ali ^a   Jaradat, Aiman Qasem ^a  

^a AL HUSSEIN BIN TALAL UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Arid environment; Groundwater; Hydrochemistry; Saturation indices; Trace metals; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; ALKALINITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LAND USE; SODIUM CARBONATE; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

ARID ENVIRONMENTS; DRINKING WATER STANDARDS; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; RESIDUAL SODIUM CARBONATE; SATURATION INDEX; SODIUM ADSORPTION RATIO; TRACE METAL;

POTABLE WATER;

ADSORPTION; ARID ENVIRONMENT; CATION; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; SATURATION; TRACE METAL;

EID: 84892882558     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-013-0787-x     Document Type: Article

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