Regional estimation of ground water vulnerability to nonpoint sources of agricultural chemicals

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 4-5, 1996, Pages 241-247

  Burkart, Michael R ^a   Feher, Janos ^b  

^a USDA ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment   (United States)

^b Research Center for Water Resources Development Budapest   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Aquifers; GIS; Groundwater; Nitrate; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER;

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFER; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUNGARY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION;

USA;

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; ESTIMATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IMPURITIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES; PESTICIDES; POTABLE WATER; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; HYDROGEOLOGY; NON POINT SOURCES; REGIONAL VULNERABILITY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0029657679     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0273-1223(96)00237-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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