Agricultural activities impact on groundwater nitrate pollution

International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-47

  Mahvi, A H ^a   Nouri, J ^a   Babaei, A A ^a   Nabizadeh, R ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Andimeshk; Groundwater pollution; N fertilizers application; Nitrate; Susa aquifer

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATES; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

FERTILIZER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WELL;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; KHUZESTAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33644857893     PISSN: 17351472     EISSN: 17352630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03325856     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Agriculture Organization of Khozestan County, Census of Agriculture: Khozestan County Agricultural Data. 2003
2. th. Ed., APHA, N. W., Washington D.C., 1998
3. st. Iranian National Seminar on Development of Agrochemical Industries, 8-10 June, 2004
4. Bachmat, Y., Groundwater Contamination and Control, Marcel Dekker, Inc, New York, 1994
5. Canter, L. W., Groundwater Quality Protection. Lewis Publications, Inc, Chelsea, MI, 1987
6. Hallberg, G. R. and D. R. Keeney, Nitrate, Regional groundwater quality, W. J. Alley, Ed., Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York 1993
7. Hudak, P. F., Regional trends in nitrate content of Texas groundwater. J. Hydro., Amsterdam, 228: 37-47, 1999
8. st Iranian National Seminar on Development of Agrochemical Industries, 8-10 June, 2004
9. Keeney, D. R., Nitrogen management for maximum efficiency and minimum pollution. Chapter 16, Agronomy Monograph 22, F. J. Stevenson, Ed., American Society of Agronomy, Madison, Wis, 1982
10. Keeney, D. R. and R. F. Follett, Managing nitrogen for groundwater quality and farm profitability. Soil Science Society of America, Inc. Madison, WI, 1991
11. Kelly, W. R., Heterogeneities in grounwater geochemistery in a sand aquifer beneath an irrigated field. J. Hydro., Amesterdam, 198: 154-176, 1997
12. Kelly, W. R. and C. Ray, Impact of irrigation on dynamics of nitrate movement in a shallow sand aquifer. Res. Rep. No. 128, Illionis State Water Survey, Champaign,Ill, 1999
13. Postma, D., C. Boesen, H. Kristiansen and F. Larsen, Nitrate reduction in an unconfined sandy aquifer: Water Chemistry, reduction processes, and geochemical modeling. Water Resour. Res., 27: 2027-2045, 1991
14. Ray, C., P. E. Member, and ASCE, Management nitrate problems for domestic wells in irrigated alluvial aquifers. J. Irrig, and Drain. Eng., 127: 49-53, 1999
15. Susa Environmental Health Department, Groundwater Quality of Susa plain., 2004
16. Trudell, M. R., R. W. Gillham and J. A. Cherry, An in-situ study of the occurrence and rate of denitrification in a shallow unconfmed sand aquifer. J. Hydro., Amsterdam, 83: 251-268, 1986
17. U.S. EPA National water quality inventory-1990 report to congress, EPA 502/9-92/006, Office of Water, Washington D.C., 1992
18. Water and Electric Organization of Khozestan County, Andimeshk and Susa Aquifer Informations, 2000
19. nd. Ed., 1995