Evidence for sewage contamination of the Sherwood Sandstone aquifer beneath Liverpool, UK

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 259, 1999, Pages 179-185

  Whitehead, Emily ^a   Hiscock, Kevin ^a   Dennis, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URBANIZATION;

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; ISOTOPES; NITRATES; NITROGEN; SEWERS; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; LEAKAGE; SEWAGE; SEWER NETWORK;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033428709     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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