Natural and anthropogenic nitrate contamination of groundwater in a rural community, California

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 32-39

  Williams, A E ^a   Lund, L J ^a   Johnson, J A ^a,b   Kabala, Z J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b US Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; ISOTOPES; NITRATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER WELLS;

ANTHROPOGENIC NITRATE;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; NITRATE;

GROUNDWATER; NITRATE; POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

CONTAMINATION; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATE CONTAMINANTS; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; POTABLE WATER; RURAL AREA; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; LEACHING; ROCK; RURAL POPULATION; SOIL; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0031974809     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es970393a     Document Type: Article

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