Domestic well water quality in rural Nebraska: Focus on nitrate-nitrogen, pesticides, and coliform bacteria

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 77-87

  Gosselin, David C ^a,b,c,d   Headrick, Jacqueline ^b   Tremblay, Rod ^b   Chen, Xun Hong ^b   Summerside, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b 113 Nebraska Hall ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^d SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COLIFORM BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PESTICIDES; POTABLE WATER; RURAL AREAS; WATER WELLS;

DOMESTIC WELL WATER QUALITY; DOMESTIC WELLS;

WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031106110     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.1997.tb01280.x     Document Type: Article

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