Prioritisation of abstraction boreholes at risk from chlorinated solvent contamination on the UK Permo-Triassic Sandstone aquifer using a GIS

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 319, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 77-98

  Tait, N G ^a,b   Lerner, D N ^c   Smith, J W N ^d   Leharne, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Borehole prioritisation index; Chlorinated solvents; GIS; Groundwater; Permo Triassic Sandstone aquifer; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CATCHMENTS; CHLORINATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

CHLORINATED SOLVENTS; GLACIAL DEPOSITS;

AQUIFERS;

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLORINE; DICHLOROETHANE; DRINKING WATER; FRESH WATER; GROUND WATER; SOLVENT; TETRACHLOROETHANE; TRICHLOROETHANE;

AQUIFER; GIS; GROUNDWATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANDSTONE; SOLVENT; WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL PROPERTY; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TABLE;

EID: 1242339001     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00438-8     Document Type: Article

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