Monitoring methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) and other organic micropollutants in groundwater: Results from the Danish National Monitoring Program

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 149, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 145-161

  Juhler, René K ^a   Felding, Gitte ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

BTEX; Chlorophenols; Detergents; Drinking water; Groundwater; Micro pollutants; Monitoring; MTBE; Phenols; Phthalates

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; PESTICIDES; TOLUENE;

WATER SUPPLY WELLS;

ETHERS;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CHLOROPHENOL; DETERGENT; DRINKING WATER; ETHER DERIVATIVE; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; PESTICIDE; PHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID; TOLUENE; WELL WATER; XYLENE;

CHLOROPHENOL; DETERGENT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MONITORING; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHTHALATE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

DENMARK;

EID: 0141840737     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025690214854     Document Type: Article

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