Groundwater pollution in shallow wells in southern Malawi and a potential indigenous method of water purification

Appropriate Technologies for Environmental Protection in the Developing World - Selected Papers from ERTEP 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 169-179

  Pritchard, M ^a   Mkandawire, T ^b   O'Neill, J G ^c  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c Centre for Research in Environment and Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Groundwater quality; Malawi; Moringa oleifera; Shallow wells

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; PLANT EXTRACTS; POTABLE WATER; PURIFICATION; RURAL AREAS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

MALAWI; MICROBIOLOGICAL PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL WATER QUALITY; MONITORING WATER QUALITY; MORINGA OLEIFERA; PHYSICO - CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; SHALLOW WELLS; WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEMS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84897689405     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9139-1_17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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