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Assessing the Removal of Turbidity and Coliform Transport through Canal-Bed Sediment at Lab-Scale: Column Experiments

Keywords: Ground Water, Surface Water, Grain Size Distribution, Hydraulic Conductivity, Particulate Organic Matter, Turbidity, Total Coliforms.

Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology

Volume 36 ,  Issue 4

IMDAD ALI  KANDHAR , GHOUS BUX KHASKHELI   , ABDUL RAZAQUE SAHITO   , RASOOL BUX MAHAR   ,

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