Road salt contamination of groundwater in a major metropolitan area and development of a biological index to monitor its impact

Water Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 127-138

  Williams, D Dudley ^a   Williams, Nancy E ^a   Cao, Yong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological index; Chloride; Contamination; Groundwater; Road salt; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GROUND WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CHLORIDE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; RUNOFF; SALT; URBAN AREA;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; URBANIZATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

CONTAMINATION; CORRELATION METHODS; ICE CONTROL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPRINGS (WATER); URBAN PLANNING; WATER ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL INDEX; CHLORIDE CONTAMINATION INDEX (CCI);

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0033622709     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(99)00129-3     Document Type: Article

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