Nutrient contribution of nonpoint source runoff in the Las Vegas Valley

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1537-1551

  Reginato, Marcelo ^a   Piechota, Thomas C ^b  

^a CH2M HILL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic Information Systems; Modeling; Nonpoint source pollution; Storm water management; Surface water hydrology; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; NUTRITION; POLLUTION; RUNOFF; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATERSHEDS;

TOTAL NITROGEN (TN); TOTAL PHOSPHORUS (TP); TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS);

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

GIS; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

LAS VEGAS VALLEY; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12244309123     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2004.tb01604.x     Document Type: Article

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