European case studies supporting the derivation of natural background levels and groundwater threshold values for the protection of dependent ecosystems and human health

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 401, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 1-20

  Hinsby, Klaus ^a   Condesso de Melo, M Teresa ^b,c   Dahl, Mette ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chemical status; Ecohydrology; Ecosystems; Groundwater surface water interaction; Quality standards; Reference values; Threshold values

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; STANDARDS; WATER QUALITY;

QUALITY STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; THRESHOLD VALUES;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

CHLORIDE; GROUND WATER; LEAD; NICKEL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; ZINC;

BACKGROUND LEVEL; DRINKING WATER; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOREGION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD (REGULATION); THRESHOLD; WATER PLANNING;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; RIVER BASIN;

CHLORIDES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; METALS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; FYN; NORTHERN EUROPE; ODENSE BASIN; PORTUGAL; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VOUGA BASIN;

EID: 44749088209     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.03.018     Document Type: Article

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