Hydrochemical characteristics of groundwater and surface water for domestic and irrigation purposes in Vea catchment, Northern Ghana

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Koffi, Kouakou Valentin ^a,c   Obuobie, Emmanuel ^b   Banning, Andre ^c   Wohnlich, Stefan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^b CSIR WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystalline basement rock; Groundwater quality; Hydrogeochemistry; Silicate weathering; Vea catchment in Northern Ghana

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CALCIUM; CATCHMENTS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IRRIGATION; MANGANESE; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); POTABLE WATER; RUNOFF; SILICATES; SOLVENTS; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

CRYSTALLINE BASEMENT; DRINKING AND IRRIGATIONS; HYDRO GEOCHEMISTRIES; HYDROCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; RESIDUAL SODIUM CARBONATE; SILICATE WEATHERING; VEA CATCHMENT IN NORTHERN GHANA; WATER QUALITY GUIDELINES;

SURFACE WATERS;

BASEMENT ROCK; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IRRIGATION; SILICATE; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER USE;

GHANA;

EID: 85013409055     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-017-6490-3     Document Type: Article

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