Assessing water quality using water quality index and multivariate analysis

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 59 Số 7 - Trang 1461-1473 - 2010
Sandow Mark Yidana1, Adadow Yidana2
1Department of Natural Resources, Utah Geological Survey, 1594 W North Temple #3110, Salt Lake City, UT, 84114, USA
2Department of Community Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana

Tóm tắt

Từ khóa


Tài liệu tham khảo

Acheampon SY (1996) Geochemical evolution of the shallow groundwater system in the southern Voltaian sedimentary basin of Ghana. PhD, University of Nevada, Reno

Acheampong SY, Hess JW (1998) Hydrogeological and hydrochemical framework of the shallow groundwater system in the southern Voltaian sedimentary basin, Ghana. Hydrogeol J 6:527–537

Chadha DK (1999) A proposed new diagram for geochemical classification of natural waters and interpretation of chemical data. Hydrogeol J 7:431–439

Dalton MG, Upchurch SB (1978) Interpretation of hydrochemical facies by factor analysis. Groundwater 16:228–233

Dapaah-Siakwan S, Gyau-Boakye P (2000) Hydrogeologic framework and borehole yield in Ghana. Hydrogeol J 8:405–416

Garrels RM, McKenzie FT (1967) Origin of the chemical compositions of some springs and lakes. In: Equilibrium concepts in natural waters: American Cancer Society, Washington, DC, pp 222–242

GEF-NEP (2002) Volta river basin preliminary transboundary diagnostic analysis. final report, project development facility (PDF-B), Accra

Ghana Statistical Services (2000) Population and housing census, provisional results

Güler C, Thyne G, McCray JE, Turner AK (2002) Evaluation and graphical and multivariate statistical methods for classification of water chemistry data. Hydrogeology 10:455–474

Jalali M (2007) Hydrochemical identification of groundwater resources and their changes under the impacts of human activity in the Chah Basin in Western Iran. Environ Monit Assess 130:347–364

Junner NR, Service H (1936) Geological notes on the Volta river district and Togoland under British mandate. Annual report on the geological survey by the Director, pp 1935–1936

Junner NR, Hirst (1946) The geology and hydrogeology of the Volta basin. Gold Coast geological survey, Memoir 8. Accra, The Gold Coast

Kumar M, Kumari K, Ramanathan A, Saxena R (2007) A comparative evaluation of groundwater suitability for irrigation and drinking purposes in two intensively cultivated districts of Punjab, India. Environ Geol 53:553–574

Minor T, Russel C, Chesley M, Englin J, Sander P, Carter, Knowles R, Acheampong, SY, McKay, A (1995) Application of geographic information systems technology to water well citing in Ghana, West Africa. Feasibility study, Desert River Research Institute, Publication No. 44033, p 168

Piper AM (1944) A graphic procedure in the geochemical interpretation of water analyses. Am Geophy Union Trans 25:914–923

Sahu P, Sikdar PK (2008) Hydrochemical framework of the aquifer in and around East Kolkata wetlands, West Bengal. India Environ Geol 55:823–835

Schoeller H (1967) Qualitative evaluation of groundwater resources. In: Methods and techniques of groundwater investigation and development. Water research, Series-33, UNESCO, pp 44–52

WHO: World Health Organization (1984) Guidelines for drinking water quality, vol 1. Recommendations. World Health Organization, Geneva

Yidana SM, Ophori D, Banoeng-Yakubo B (2008a) Hydrogeological and hydrochemical characterization of the Voltaian basin: the Afram plains area. Ghana Environ Geol 55:1213–1223

Yidana SM, Ophori D, Banoeng-Yakubo B (2008b) Groundwater availability in the shallow aquifers of the southern Voltaian system: a simulation and chemical analysis. Environ Geol 55:1647–1657