An insight into the drinking-water access in the health institutions at the Saharawi refugee camps in Tindouf (Algeria) after 40 years of conflict

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 550, Issue , 2016, Pages 534-546

  Vivar, M ^a   Pichel, N ^a   Fuentes, M ^b   Martinez F ^a  

^a IMDEA WATER INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Health; Quality; Refugee; Water access

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; IMAGE QUALITY; POTABLE WATER; QUALITY CONTROL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TANKS; WATER TREATMENT;

DRINKING WATER STANDARDS; MICROBIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATIONS; PHYSICO - CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; REFUGEE; REVERSE OSMOSIS PLANTS; SAFE DRINKING WATER; WATER QUALITY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY STUDIES;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

CHLORIDE; CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; NITRATE; SULFATE;

ACCESSIBILITY; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH RISK; POLITICAL CONFLICT; REFUGEE; SANITATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ALGERIA; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; REFUGEE CAMP; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SANITATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; REFUGEE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTION;

ALGERIA; TINDOUF;

ALGERIA; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDES; REFUGEES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84956650101     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.113     Document Type: Article

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