Application of multiple geochemical indicators, including the stable isotopes of water, to differentiate water quality evolution in a region influenced by various agricultural practices and domestic wastewater treatment and disposal

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 388, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 149-167

  Butler II, Thomas W ^a  

^a ECO:LOGIC Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Deuterium; Effluent; Geochemistry; Groundwater; Irrigation; Modeling; Oxygen 18; PHREEQC; Stable isotopes; Surface water; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; GROUNDWATER; INFILTRATION; IRRIGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

GEOCHEMICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS; STABLE ISOTOPES; USDA NRCS SOILS DATA;

NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

CARBONIC ACID; ISOTOPE; WATER;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; DEUTERIUM; DISSOLVED MATTER; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LAKE WATER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SOFTWARE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; CALIFORNIA; DEUTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGY; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

CALIFORNIA; LAKE BERRYESSA; NORTH AMERICA; SOLANO COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37849005928     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.08.031     Document Type: Article

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