Vulnerability of shallow groundwater and drinking-water wells to nitrate in the United States

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 7834-7840

  Nolan, Bernard T ^a   Hitt, Kerie J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES; POTABLE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

CONTAMINATED AREAS; GROUNDWATER MODEL; NITRATE CONCENTRATION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

DRINKING WATER; FRESH WATER; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; SURFACE WATER;

CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES; POTABLE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SHALLOW WATER; VULNERABILITY; WATER QUALITY; WELL WATER;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CLAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MANURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; ROCK; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; WETLAND;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRATES; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

GREAT PLAINS; MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845796238     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es060911u     Document Type: Article

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