Impact of intensive agricultural practices on drinking water quality in the EVROS Region (NE GREECE) by GIS analysis

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 143, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 43-50

  Nikolaidis, C ^a   Mandalos, P ^a   Vantarakis, A ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Chemical quality; Drinking water; GIS; Impact

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEACHING; NEON; NITRATES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; POTABLE WATER; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; AGRICULTURAL SOILS; CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS; CULTIVATED LANDS; DRINKING WATER QUALITY; DRINKING WATER RESOURCES; NORTHERN GREECE; NUTRIENT LEACHING; PUBLIC HEALTH; TAP-WATER SAMPLES;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM NITRATE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; DRINKING WATER; FERTILIZER; NITRATE; NITRITE; PHOSPHATE; SULFATE; TAP WATER;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FERTILIZER; GIS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HEALTH IMPACT; LEACHING; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GREECE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; GREECE; NITRATES; NITRITES; PHOSPHATES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SULFATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EASTERN MACEDONIA AND THRACE; EURASIA; EUROPE; EVROS; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 47349084270     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9955-0     Document Type: Article

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