Fate and transport of pathogens in a fractured aquifer in the Salento area, Italy

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Masciopinto, Costantino ^a   La Mantia, Rosanna ^a   Chrysikopoulos, Constantinos V ^b  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WASTEWATER;

ARTIFICIAL GROUNDWATER RECHARGE; SINKHOLE;

PATHOGENS;

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATHOGENS; WASTEWATER;

AQUIFER; COLLOID; DRINKING WATER; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRACTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATHOGEN; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; RECHARGE; SINKHOLE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VARIOGRAM; WASTEWATER; WELL WATER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LECCE; NARDO; PUGLIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 39749184049     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005643     Document Type: Article

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