The relative merits of monitoring and domestic wells for ground water quality investigations

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 138-144

  Jones, Joseph L ^a,b,c   Roberts, Lonna M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b USGS National Water Quality Assessment Program in Tacoma   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; LAND USE; PESTICIDES; POTABLE WATER; SORPTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER WELLS;

DOMESTIC WELLS; MONITORING WELLS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUNDWATER; MONITORING; POLLUTION MONITORING; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0032851454     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.1999.tb00228.x     Document Type: Article

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