Long-time risk of groundwater/drinking water pollution with sulphuric compounds beneath burned peatlands in Indonesia

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 253-258

  Hammen, Volker C ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forest fire; Indonesia; Peat; Risk assesment; Sulphur; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

FIRES; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; LEACHING; PEAT; POTABLE WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VEGETATION;

FOREST FIRE; PEATLANDS;

WATER POLLUTION;

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; SULFUR; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

FIRES; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; LEACHING; PEAT; POTABLE WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VEGETATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ASH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; FOREST FIRE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LEACHING; PEATLAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUND;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ASH; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAZE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDONESIA; LEACHING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; PEATLAND; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOIL ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

FIRES; FRESH WATER; INDONESIA; RISK FACTORS; SOIL; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 34547687994     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.459     Document Type: Conference Paper

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