Comparison of models for delineating wellhead protection areas in confined to semiconfined aquifers in alluvial basins

Ground Water

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 689-697

  Forster, Craig B ^a   Lachmar, Thomas E ^b   Oliver, Douglas S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Montgomery watson Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER WELLS;

ALLUVIAL BASINS; AQUITARD LEAKANCE; STATE WELLHEAD PROTECTION; TRANSIENT PUMPING EFFECTS;

AQUIFERS;

EID: 0031193963     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1997.tb00135.x     Document Type: Article

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