dc.contributor.author | Abdi, Yusuf S. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-09T11:02:11Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-09T11:02:11Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1994 | |
dc.identifier.citation | M.Sc. (Geology) Thesis 1994 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/20781 | |
dc.description | Master of Science Thesis | en |
dc.description.abstract | Thirty three surface water samples, thirty one groundwater
samples and nine samples of sewage and industrial effluents
were collected and analysed for various parameters mainly for
Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD),
nitrate, phosphorus an~ metals. Data on solid waste disposal
methods and their geoenvironmental consequences as well as the
chemical !biological characteristics of aquifers in the study
area were collected. Factor analyses and Pearsons product
moment correlation coefficient were used to analyse the
analytical data. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | University of Nairobi | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.title | Water pollution and waste disposal problems in the Thika Area, Kenya | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
local.publisher | Department of Geology, University of Nairobi | en |