Journal of Water Resources and Ocean Science

Volume 5, Issue 5, October 2016

  • Farmer’s Perception on Soil Erosion and Land Degradation Problems and Management Practices in the Beressa Watershed of Ethiopia

    Tesfa Worku Meshesha, Sangharsh Kumar Tripathi

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 5, October 2016
    Pages: 64-72
    Received: 23 July 2016
    Accepted: 02 August 2016
    Published: 13 September 2016
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    Abstract: In Ethiopia erosion and land degradation on the livelihood resource had become a key issue, resulted for food insecurity and difficult to break through the poverty gap using subsistence farming. Previously implemented soil and water conservation practice were not halted the threat, because it was mass mobilization without detailed study of real sit... Show More
  • Chemical Analysis of Drinking Water Samples of Some Primary Schools from Magura District, Bangladesh

    Md. Aminur Rahman, Kamrun Nahar, Sharif Md. Al-Reza

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 5, October 2016
    Pages: 73-77
    Received: 06 August 2016
    Accepted: 12 September 2016
    Published: 10 October 2016
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    Abstract: In order to ascertain water quality for human consumption, major and minor ions were evaluated in the drinking water supplied to the primary school students of Magura district in Bangladesh. Standard methods were used for determining physical and chemical characteristics of the water samples. Arsenic (As), Iron (Fe) and Manganese (Mn) contents of t... Show More