Drought effects on water quality in the South Platte River Basin, Colorado

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-24

  Sprague, Lori A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural hydrology; Drought; Nonpoint source pollution; Urban water management; Wastewater; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CATCHMENTS; DROUGHT; OXYGEN; PESTICIDES; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BASE FLOW; CALCIUM BICARBONATE; ORTHOPHOSPHATE;

WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; DROUGHT; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RIVER BASIN; WATER QUALITY;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH PLATTE RIVER; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17244378315     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2005.tb03713.x     Document Type: Article

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