A review of potable water accessibility and sustainability issues in developing countries - Case study of Uganda

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 363-378

  Nayebare, Shedrack R ^a   Wilson, Lloyd R ^a,b   Carpenter, David O ^c   Dziewulski, David M ^a,b   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

government legislations; potable water; water disinfection; water distribution; water pollution; water systems (surface water, groundwater and rainwater)

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; UGANDA; WATER QUALITY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRINKING WATER; UGANDA; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84915774807     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/reveh-2013-0019     Document Type: Review

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