Heavy metals and microbial loads in raw fecal sludge from low income areas of ashanti region of ghana

Water Practice and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 124-132

  Appiah Effah, Eugene ^a   Nyarko, Kwabena Biritwum ^a   Antwi, Eric Ofosu ^b   Awuah, Esi ^b  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Fecal sludge; Heavy metals; Low income; Microbial loads

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; HEAVY METALS; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

FECAL SLUDGE; LOW INCOMES; METALS CONCENTRATIONS; MICROBIAL LOADS; SLUDGE SAMPLES; URBAN AND RURAL; URBAN AND RURAL AREAS; WATER AND WASTEWATER;

RURAL AREAS;

VERMES;

EID: 84925383794     PISSN: 1751231X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wpt.2015.014     Document Type: Article

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