The effects of land application of farm dairy effluent on groundwater quality - West Coast 2001

Journal of Hydrology New Zealand

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 105-115

  Baker, T M ^a,b   Hawke, Richard M ^a,c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b BLACK AND VEATCH   (United States)

^c Ministry of Economic Development   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DAIRY FARMING; EFFLUENT; GROUNDWATER; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; WEST COAST [SOUTH ISLAND];

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 37549019638     PISSN: 00221708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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