Use of strontium isotopes to identify buried water main leakage into groundwater in a highly urbanized coastal area

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 6575-6579

  Leung, Chi Man ^a   Jiao, Jiu Jimmy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; POTABLE WATER; STRONTIUM; WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFER MATERIALS; LEAKAGE LOCATIONS; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION;

SEEPAGE;

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; STRONTIUM; STRONTIUM 86; STRONTIUM 87; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COASTAL ZONES; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; POTABLE WATER; SEEPAGE; STRONTIUM; WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFER; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; LEAKAGE; PARENT MATERIAL; SEEPAGE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLASSIFICATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HONG KONG; ISOTOPE TRACING; SEASHORE; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGY; HONG KONG; METALS, HEAVY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 33750888811     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0611487     Document Type: Article

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