Impact of land use/land cover changes on water quality and human health in district Peshawar Pakistan

Abstract The quality and quantity of groundwater resources are affected by landuse/landcover (LULC) dynamics, particularly the increasing urbanization coupled with high household wastewater discharge and decreasing open lands. This study evaluates temporal changes of groundwater quality for 2012 and...

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Main Authors: Waqas Ahmad, Javed Iqbal, Muhammad Jamal Nasir, Burhan Ahmad, Muhammad Tasleem Khan, Shahid Nawaz Khan, Syed Adnan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96075-3