Abstract:The shallow groundwater sources of boreholes and wells form major sources of water for domestic and agricultural uses in rural areas of Kenya. Information on their status is inadequate thus hinder their sustainable management. This study investigated the relationship between land-use types, ground water sources and water quality, specifically water physicochemical parameters and feacal coliforms that were then used to calculate the water quality index (WQI). Thirty-six randomly selected groundwater sources wer… Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.