Impact of agriculture on water quality in the North Carolina Middle Coastal Plain

Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 250-262

  Dukes, Michael D ^a   Evans, Robert O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertilizers; Ground water pollution; Nitrates; Nitrogen; Nutrients; Seepage; Surface waters; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATES; POTABLE WATER; SEEPAGE; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY;

NORTH CAROLINA; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; STREAMS;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURE; DRAINAGE; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATES; POTABLE WATER; SEEPAGE; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; FERTILIZER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATE; SEEPAGE; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

NEUSE RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33646707453     PISSN: 07339437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9437(2006)132:3(250)     Document Type: Article

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