Groundwater quality assessment using statistical approach and water quality index in Ejisu-Juaben Municipality, Ghana

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Boateng, Thomas Kwame ^a   Opoku, Francis ^a   Acquaah, Samuel Osafo ^a   Akoto, Osei ^a  

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

Author keywords

Drinking water; Groundwater; Hydrochemical; Major ions; Water quality index

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; IONS; POSITIVE IONS; POTABLE WATER; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SILICATES; WATER; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

GROUNDWATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT; GROUNDWATER QUALITY INDICES; HYDROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; HYDROCHEMICALS; MAJOR IONS; WATER QUALITY INDEXES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

QUALITY CONTROL;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; INDEX METHOD; ION; ION EXCHANGE; SILICATE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

GHANA;

EID: 84960968674     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-5105-0     Document Type: Article

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