Assessment of urban river water pollution with urbanization in East Africa.

ABSTRACT: Anthropogenic pollution plays an important part in deteriorating the water quality of rivers all over the world, especially in urban areas of Africa where water quality monitoring is still seriously constrained by the limited test facility and capability. In this study, for evaluating the impact of urbanization on the river water quality, we investigated four typical urban rivers of Tanzania through the upper-urban-down gradient assessment approach and analyzed by water quality index (WQI) and statistical methods. The physicochemical indices monitored in these rivers revealed that the contents of those indicators of TN, TP, PO₄^3-, NH₄⁺, COD_Mn, and NO₃^- were accumulated significantly in the lower reaches of the cit

SUBMITTER: Chen SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9135893 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature