Drinking Water Quality of Kathmandu Valley
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Drinking water quality in Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley: a survey and assessment of selected controlling site characteristics
Water was sampled from over 100 sources in Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley, including municipal taps, dug wells, shallow-aquifer tube wells, deep-aquifer tube wells, and dhunge dharas (or stone spouts, public water sources that capture groundwater or surface water). Information was gathered on user preference and site and well characteristics, and water was examined for indicators of contamination fro...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nepal Journal of Science and Technology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1994-1412
DOI: 10.3126/njst.v15i1.12027