Effects of water use on arsenic release to well water in a confined aquifer

Ground Water

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 568-575

  Gotkowitz, Madeline B ^a   Schreiber, Madeline E ^b   Simo, J A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; CORRELATION METHODS; HYDROGEOLOGY; SANDSTONE; WATER WELLS;

WATER USE; WELL WATER;

GROUNDWATER;

ARSENIC;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARSENIC; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; REDOX CONDITIONS; RESIDENCE TIME; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY; WISCONSIN;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 3042721646     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2004.tb02625.x     Document Type: Article

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