Impact of pharmaceutical industry treated effluents on the water quality of river Uppanar, South east coast of India: A case study

Applied Water Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 501-514

  Damodhar, Usha ^a   Vikram Reddy, M ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic impact; Pharmaceutical industrial effluents; River; Water quality indices

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFLUENTS; POTABLE WATER; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; WATER QUALITY;

ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; CASE-STUDIES; DOWN-STREAM; EAST COAST OF INDIA; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; SAMPLING STATIONS; TREATED EFFLUENT; WATER QUALITY INDEXES;

RIVERS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DRUG; EFFLUENT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GUIDELINE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PH; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; WATER QUALITY;

INDIA; TAMIL NADU; UPPANAR RIVER;

EID: 84904423711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21905495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13201-013-0098-x     Document Type: Article

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