Well vulnerability: A quantitative approach for source water protection

Ground Water

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 732-742

  Frind, E O ^a   Molson, J W ^a,b   Rudolph, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL FLOW; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; VULNERABILITY; WATER PROTECTION;

DISPERSION (WAVES); GROUNDWATER; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER POLLUTION;

WATER WELLS;

FRESH WATER;

ARTESIAN WELL; DRINKING WATER; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WELLHEAD;

CANADA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ONTARIO; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

EID: 33748418456     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2006.00230.x     Document Type: Review

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