Domestic well water quality within tribal lands of eastern Nebraska

Environmental Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 321-329

  McGinnis, Shelley ^a   Davis, R K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic wells; Environmental equity; Native American reservations; Water quality

Indexed keywords

COLIFORM BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISKS; IMPURITIES; POTABLE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

DOMESTIC WELLS; ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS;

WATER WELLS;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LAND USE; NITRATE; WATER QUALITY; WELL LOGGING; WELL WATER;

NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; OMAHA; SIOUX COUNTY [NEBRASKA]; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33845393043     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540100389     Document Type: Review

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