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Water Quality Assessment of Effluent Receiving Streams in Pakistan: A Case Study of Ravi River

Keywords: Effluent, Stream Water Quality, River Ravi

Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology

Volume 30 ,  Issue 3

Naeem   Ejaz , Hashim  Nisar  Hashmi , Abdul  Razzaq  Ghumman ,

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