Heavy contamination of a subsurface aquifer and a stream by livestock wastewater in a stock farming area, Wonju, Korea

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 137-146

  Cho, Jang Cheon ^a   Cho, Hong Baek ^a   Kim, Sang Jong ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fecal contamination; Groundwater; Groundwater recharge; Indicator bacteria; Livestock wastewater

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BIOINDICATOR; LIVESTOCK FARMING; POLLUTION MONITORING; SURFACE WATER; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES MICROFLORA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; KOREA; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SAMPLE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

SOUTH KOREA;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0034102589     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(99)00230-4     Document Type: Article

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