Modelling of recharge and pollutant fluxes to urban groundwaters

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 360, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 158-179

  Thomas, Abraham ^a   Tellam, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Birmingham; GIS; Groundwater; Pollutants; Recharge; Urban; Urgent

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AQUIFERS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULICS; WATER QUALITY;

BIRMINGHAM; RECHARGE; URBAN; URGENT;

IMPURITIES;

GROUND WATER; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER;

AQUIFER; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LAND USE; POLLUTANT; RUNOFF; VADOSE ZONE; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; DEVICE; EVALUATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; KNOWLEDGE; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PIPELINE; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; TOPOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOLATILIZATION; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE;

CHLORIDES; CITIES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGY; GREAT BRITAIN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRATES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOLUENE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

BIRMINGHAM [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646095511     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.08.050     Document Type: Article

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