Arsenic concentration variability in public water system wells in Minnesota, USA

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 305-317

  Erickson, Melinda L ^a,b   Barnes, Randal J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BOREHOLES; COMPOSITION; POTABLE WATER; SAMPLING; WATER WELLS;

MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS (MCL); PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM WELLS; STANDARD DEVIATION (SD);

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; WATER QUALITY;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 32444431819     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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