Tamjid -Us-Sakib, Sharmin Sultana, Aninda Nafis Ahmed, Md. Anwar Arfien Khan and Madhu Sudan Saha. Water Quality of Coal Ash Pond and Its Impact on Adjoining Surface and Groundwater Systems.
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coal ash pond, water quality standard, heavy metal pollution indices, thermal power plant
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