Water Pollution in Thailand

Water Purification in Thailand

Water is a necessary part of life, but without proper filtration, it could cause problems such as illness or death. While citizens of developed countries may take the water that flows from their taps for granted, many parts of the world do not have access to clean water. A small village in Thailand called Nong Bua is one such community that is hindered by the quality of their water supply. Nong...

Mining and Water Pollution

Forests and Water in Northern Thailand

INTRODUCTION Everyone knows that forest is the source of water for all people who live on Thai soil. We do not have any other source of water in Thailand ... [the forest] provides for underground water storage, making the ground moist as a benefit for all people... The result of cutting forest is the destruction of the water source of the Thai people. (Royal Forest Department/Suan Pa Sirikit, 1...

Burkholderia pseudomallei in Water Supplies, Southern Thailand

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Pollution Studies of Some Water Bodies in Lagos, Nigeria

Over the years, there has been an obvious pollution problem in Lagos area, Nigeria with high population of over eleven million and the near absence of waste management infrastructures. Concentrations of some pollution parameters and trace elements (temperature, pH, salinity, SO42-, NO3-, PO43-, F-, DO, BOD, COD and coliform, Cr, Co, Ni, Ag, Cd and Pb) were determined from water bodies of Isolo ...