Nitrate contamination of groundwater: A conceptual management framework

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 220-242

  Almasri, Mohammad N ^a  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Conceptual; Contamination; Decision analysis; Fertilizer; Groundwater; Management; Modeling; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; DECISION THEORY; FERTILIZERS; NITRATES; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

CONTAMINATED AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL (MCL);

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LAND USE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NITRATE; POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFERS; DECISION THEORY; FERTILIZERS; NITRATES; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SHEDS;

EID: 33947131726     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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