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ArticleEnvironmental monitoring and assessment2021

Assessing the impacts of artisanal mining on the quality ofvf South-western Rivers System in Ghana.

A Y Karikari, A A Duah, B A Akurugu, H F Darko

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Article in Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
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1 citing paper in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

A Y KarikariCSIR-Water Research Institute, Box AH 38, Achimota, Accra, Ghana. aykarikari@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1092-3434
A A DuahCSIR-Water Research Institute, Box AH 38, Achimota, Accra, Ghana.
B A AkuruguCSIR-Water Research Institute, Box AH 38, Achimota, Accra, Ghana.
H F DarkoCSIR-Water Research Institute, Box AH 38, Achimota, Accra, Ghana.
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research · GH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Artisanal small-scale mining has been part of Ghana's history, but recent public outcry on the devastating impacts of the phenomenon on water bodies, due to expansion in the sector, has led to clamp downs by various governments on the activity. This has called for evaluation of the water quality of the South-western Rivers System, which are small-scale mining endemic areas. Thirty-five river samples were collected in July 2018 and were analyzed for physico-chemical parameters using procedures outlined in the Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewaters. The results revealed that the rivers are polluted with Fe and Cu, accompanied by very high levels of turbidity (mean = 488 NTU) and total suspended solids (TSS) (mean = 382 mg/L). NH

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RiversWater Pollutants, ChemicalEnvironmental MonitoringGhanaWater QualityWater Pollutants, ChemicalGhanaSmall-scale miningTSSTurbidityWater pollutionWater quality

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PMID34637024
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