Reducing the sampling frequency of groundwater monitoring wells

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 355-358

  Johnson, Virginia M ^a   Cary Tuckfield, R ^b   Ridley, Maureen N ^a   Anderson, Rachel A ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MONITORING; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER WELLS;

COST SAVINGS; DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; MONITORING WELLS; SAMPLING FREQUENCY;

GROUNDWATER;

GROUND WATER; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; GROUNDWATER MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; SAMPLING FREQUENCY;

EID: 0029668892     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es950335u     Document Type: Article

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