Hydraulic constraints on the performance of a groundwater denitrification wall for nitrate removal from shallow groundwater

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 69, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 263-279

  Schipper, Louis A ^a   Barkle, Gregory F ^b   Hadfield, John C ^c   Vojvodic Vukovic, Maja ^a   Burgess, Craig P ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN AGRITECH LTD   (New Zealand)

^c Environment Waikato   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Groundwater; Hydraulic conductivity; Nitrate; Reactive barrier

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DENITRIFICATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MIXING; SAWDUST; SURFACE WATERS;

HYDRAULIC CONSTRAINTS; ORGANIC MATTERS;

GROUNDWATER;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITRITE; RHODAMINE; SURFACE WATER; TRACER;

DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NITRATE; POLLUTION; REMEDIATION; TRENCH;

DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NITRATE; REACTIVE BARRIER;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENITRIFICATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCTION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; SAWDUST; SOIL;

CARBON; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITRATES; PERMEABILITY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 1542718642     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(03)00157-8     Document Type: Article

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