May 2012
An assessment of hydrogeologic characteristics of Bamikemo's hard rock terrain using geophysical techniques
Resistivity depth soundings integrated with the very low-frequency electromagnetic (VLF-EM) profiling and some hydrogeologic measurements were conducted at Bamikemo, Nigeria. The exercise attempted to evaluate the groundwater potential of the main water supply area. The integrated approach enabled the delineation of the regolith/weathered layer containing the overburden aquifers from the hard rock housing the...
May 2012
Evaluation of the quality of sachet water vended in the New Juaben municipality of Ghana
Access to good quality water has been a challenge to humans due to the pollution of the limited water resources around. Over one billion people do not have access to a safe source of drinking water. This phenomenon is leading to the loss of children below the age five (5) on an hourly basis. With the rate at which sachet water producing companies are coming up, there is the need to assess the quality of the...
May 2012
EROD and PAH detection as biomonitoring tool in Golden Horn-Istanbul Turkey
This investigation covers studies on the concentrations of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Golden Horn and their effects on Ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase EROD activities of human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line, HepG2. Water samples were collected from eight different stations around Golden Horn. Concentrations of total water PAHs ranged from 3.8 ng/L to about 259.7 ng/L. CYP1As enzymes...
May 2012
Flood frequency analysis of homogeneous regions of Jhelum River Basin
Jhelum River is one of the major tributary of the Indus Basin River system. It drains the Northeast part of the Pakistan which includes the territory of occupied Kashmir, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and Punjab. The major problem in the Jhelum River Basin is the scarcity of flow data. Therefore, under the circumstances of the lack of sufficient hydrological data, a...
May 2012
Municipal solid waste management systems in the Kingdom of Bahrain
Waste management has been acknowledged as one of Bahrain’s biggest challenges due to its impending effects regarded as detrimental to the country. Data gathered within the past thirty years have all revealed significant increases on waste quantity generated in the country along the categories of residential, commercial, institutional, construction and demolition, municipal services, public areas,...
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