The impact of point source pollution on shallow groundwater used for human consumption in a threshold country

• Main Authors: Gil, José F., Rajal, Veronica B., Cruz, Mercedes Cecilia, Cacciabue, Dolores Gutiérrez, Gamboni, Oscar, Vicente, María Soledad, Wuertz, Stefan, Gonzo, Elio Emilio
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/97704; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18158
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Many developing and threshold countries rely on shallow groundwater wells for their water supply whilst pit latrines are used for sanitation. We employed a unified strategy involving satellite images and environmental monitoring of 16 physico-chemical and microbiological water quality parameters to...