Open-source mobile water quality testing platform

Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 532-537

  Wijnen, Bas ^a   Anzalone, G C ^a   Pearce, Joshua M ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

BOD; COD; Nephelometry; Open source hardware; Turbidity; Water testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907196548     PISSN: 20439083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/washdev.2014.137     Document Type: Article

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