Contaminant transport in a municipal drinking water supply: A steady-state approach to estimate rate and uncertainty

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Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 512-519

  Bergvall, Martin ^a   Grip, Harald ^b   Sjöstrom, Jan ^a   Laudon, Hjalmar ^c  

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^b Umeå University ^*  (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,6 DICHLOROBENZAMIDE; 2,6-DICHLOROBENZAMIDE; BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ORGANIC CARBON; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SOIL POLLUTANT; SWEDEN; UNCERTAINTY; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

BENZAMIDES; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SWEDEN; UNCERTAINTY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 36148973600     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447(2007)36[512:CTIAMD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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54. Acknowledgments: The study was funded by Tyréns AB and the North Sweden Soil Remediation Centre (MCN) via grants from the European Union Structural Funds and New Objective 1. Personnel at UMEVA, the municipal water and waste disposal company in Umeå, are also acknowledged for searching the archives and delivering valuable information.