The impact of freshwater and wastewater irrigation on the chemistry of shallow groundwater: A case study from the Israeli Coastal Aquifer

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 300, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 314-331

  Kass, A ^a,b   Gavrieli, I ^a   Yechieli, Y ^a   Vengosh, A ^c   Starinsky, A ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Base exchange; Coastal Aquifer; Groundwater contamination; Groundwater salinization; Irrigation; Unsaturated zone; Wastewater; Water table region

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE DRILLING; COASTAL AQUIFER; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; UNSATURATED ZONE;

AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; COASTAL ENGINEERING; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IRRIGATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER LEVELS; WATER QUALITY;

HYDROLOGY;

COASTAL AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRRIGATION; SALINE INTRUSION; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; WASTEWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFERS; COASTS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; GROUND WATER; HYDROLOGY; IRRIGATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

TRITIUM;

EID: 10044219935     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.06.013     Document Type: Article

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