A microcomputer programme, MFLOP version 2.0, was used to predict the risk of groundwater pollution by pit latrines in the Manzese squatter area of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
| Title | Ground water contamination by pit latrines : Dar-es-salaam (Manzese squatter area) case study |
| Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
| Year of Publication | 1991 |
| Authors | Mnyanga, VP |
| Secondary Title | M.Sc. Thesis E.E. / IHE |
| Volume | no. 39 |
| Pagination | 115 p.: fig., tab. |
| Date Published | 1991-01-01 |
| Publisher | IHE (International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering) |
| Place Published | Delft, The Netherlands |
| Keywords | bacteria, cab91/5, case studies, computer programs, faecal streptococci, groundwater pollution, models, nitrates, pit latrines, squatter settlements, tanzania dar es salaam, viruses |
| Abstract | A microcomputer programme, MFLOP version 2.0, was used to predict the risk of groundwater pollution by pit latrines in the Manzese squatter area of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Results from the model show that the groundwater in Manzese is polluted by micro-organisms with low die-off rates such as faecal streptococci. The case study is preceded by discussions on fluid and pollutant transport, microbial movement and survival in groundwater, and the role of nitrates as pollutants. |
| Notes | M.Sc thesis. - 66 ref. |
| Custom 1 | 244, 321.4 |
