Derivation of natural background levels and threshold values for groundwater bodies in the Upper Rhine Valley (France, Switzerland and Germany)

Desalination

Volumn 226, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 160-168

  Wendland, F ^a   Berthold, G ^b   Blum, A ^c   Elsass, P ^c   Fritsche, J G ^b   Kunkel, R ^a   Wolter, R ^d  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b Hessian Agency for Environment and Geology   (Germany)

^c BRGM   (France)

^d UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

EU Water Framework Directive (article 17); Groundwater quality; Natural background levels; Threshold values; Upper Rhine Valley

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; SAMPLING; TOXICITY; WATER ANALYSIS;

GROUNDWATER QUALITY; NATURAL BACKGROUND LEVEL; THERSHOLD VALUE;

WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFERS; SAMPLING; TOXICITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFER; BACKGROUND LEVEL; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; THRESHOLD; TOXICOLOGY; TYPOLOGY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; RHINE VALLEY; UPPER RHINE VALLEY;

EID: 41249087459     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2007.01.240     Document Type: Article

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