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Browsing UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS by Subject "Water quality"

Browsing UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS by Subject "Water quality"

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  • Assessing the environmental and socio-economic impacts of artisanal gold mining on the livelihoods of communities in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality in Ghana 
    Samuel Obiri; Precious A. D. Mattah; Memuna M. Mattah; Frederick A. Armah; Shiloh Osae; Sam Adu-kumi; Philip O. Yeboah (University of Cape Coast, 2016-01-26)
    Gold mining has played an important role in Ghana’s economy, however the negative environmental and socio-economic effects on the host communities associated with gold mining have overshadowed these economic gains. It is ...
  • Assessment of dry season surface, ground, and treated water quality in the Cape Coast municipality of Ghana 
    Quagraine, E. K.; Adokoh, C. K. (University of Cape Coast, 2009-02-21)
    This aim of this monitoring was to assess water quality in a dry season for the Cape Coast municipality in Ghana, which has been experiencing chronic water shortages. Fifteen different sampling stations—four surface, five ...
  • Community and household determinants of water quality in coastal Ghana 
    McGarvey, Stephen T.; Buszin, Justin; Smith, David C.; Rahman, Zarah; Awusabo-Asare, Kofi; White, Michael J. (University of Cape Coast, 2013)
    Associations between water sources, socio-demographic characteristics and household drinking water quality are described in a representative sample of six coastal districts of Ghana’s Central Region. Thirty-six enumeration ...
  • Guiding phosphorus stewardship for multiple ecosystem services 
    Macdonald, Graham K.; Jarvie, Helen P.; Withers, Paul J. A.; Doody, Donnacha G.; Keeler, Bonnie L.; Powers, Stephen M.; Sharpley, Andrew N.; Shen, Jianbo; Douglas R. Smith; Weintraub, Michael N.; Zhang, Tiequan; Haygarth, Philip M.; Miyittah, Michael K. (University of Cape Coast, 2017)
    The essential role of phosphorus (P) for agriculture and its impact on water quality has received decades of research attention. However, the benefits of sustainable P use and management for society due to its downstream ...
  • Quality of ‘‘Sachet’’waters in the Cape Coast Municipality of Ghana 
    Dodoo, D. K.; Quagraine, E. K.; Okai-Sam, F.; Kambo, Dorsa J.; Headley, J. V. (University of Cape Coast, 2005)
    To determine the quality of sachet water samples in the Cape Coast municipality of Ghana, random sampling procedures were used to collect 180 samples from 29 brands produced in the municipality from 1999 to 2004. For any ...
  • Water safety planning and implementation in a Ghanaian small-scale water supply system 
    Obeng, Panin Asirifua; Obeng, Peter Appiah; Awere, Eric (University of Cape Coast, 2020-01-25)
    This study looked at the Assin Fosu Small Town Water Supply System in Ghana to verify whether the operation of the scheme is based on a comprehensive water safety plan and how the practice of water safety planning affects ...

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