Potential nitrate leaching to groundwater from house building

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2077-2081

  Wakida, Fernando T ^a,b   Lerner, David N ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^b University of Sheffield ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction; Nitrate leaching; Nottingham; Ploughing; Urban groundwater

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); HOUSING; LAND USE; LEACHING; NITRATES; NITROGEN REMOVAL;

NITRATE LEACHING; NITRATE POLLUTION; PLOUGHING;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFERS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HOUSING; LAND USE; LEACHING; NITRATES; NITROGEN REMOVAL;

AQUIFER; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LAND USE; LEACHING; NITRATE; PLOWING; WATER QUALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745067708     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6143     Document Type: Article

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