Arsenic contamination of the Salamanca aquifer system in Mexico: A risk analysis

Natural Arsenic in Groundwater: Occurrence, Remediation and Management - Proceedings of the Pre-Congress Workshop "Natural Arsenic in Groundwater (BWO 06)", 32nd International Geological Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 77-83

  Rodriguez, R ^a   Armienta, M A ^a   Mejia Gomez J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Consejo Tecnico del Agua COTAS ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER SYSTEMS; AQUIFER VULNERABILITY; ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; AS CONTENT; CRITICAL AREA; HYDRAULIC COMMUNICATION; ME-XICO; NATIONAL STANDARD; POLLUTION SOURCES; POPULATION SURVEY; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; URBAN AREAS; WATER SOURCE;

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; BENZENE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCARBONS; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; POLLUTION; WELLS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

EID: 46649102191     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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