Nitrate in sources of drinking water? Dutch drinking water companies aim at prevention

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 102, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 487-492

  Joosten, L T A ^a   Buijze, S T ^b   Jansen, D M ^c  

^a Dutch Waterworks Association (VEWIN)   (Netherlands)

^b Ctr for Agriculture and Environment   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Costs; Drinking water; Linear programming; Nitrate; Prevention

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; NITRATE;

DRINKING WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION POLICY; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRINKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT; LEACHING; NETHERLANDS; NITRIFICATION; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0032430433     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(98)80073-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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