Occurrence of nitrate in Tanzanian groundwater aquifers: A review

Applied Water Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 71-87

  Elisante, Eliapenda ^a,b   Muzuka, Alfred N N ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA AFRICAN INSTITUTION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Tanzania)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Groundwater contamination; Human activities; Nitrate concentration; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAND USE; LEAD COMPOUNDS; POPULATION STATISTICS; POTABLE WATER; SANITATION;

'CURRENT; CONTAMINATED WATER; GROUNDWATER AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER AS; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; SOURCE OF WATERS; TANZANIA;

NITRATES;

AQUIFER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NITRATE; RECHARGE; SANITATION; WATER QUALITY;

DAR ES SALAAM [TANZANIA]; DODOMA [TANZANIA]; MANYARA; TANGA [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA;

EID: 85114064449     PISSN: 21905487     EISSN: 21905495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13201-015-0269-z     Document Type: Review

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