Monitoring reverse osmosis treated wastewater recharge into a coastal aquifer by environmental isotopes (B, Li, O, H)

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 8759-8765

  Kloppmann, W ^a   Van Houtte, E ^b   Picot, G ^a   Vandenbohede, A ^c   Lebbe, L ^c   Guerrot, C ^a   Millot, R ^a   Gaus, I ^a,e   Wintgens, T ^d  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b IWVA ^*  (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e NAGRA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARGON; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DESALINATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; INFILTRATION; ISOTOPES; LITHIUM; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT; WELL PUMPS; WELLS;

AQUIFER MATERIALS; AR SYSTEMS; ARTIFICIAL RECHARGES; B VALUES; BELGIUM; COASTAL AQUIFERS; COASTAL DUNES; COASTAL RAINS; DOMESTIC WASTEWATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPES; FLANDERS; GEOCHEMICAL FINGERPRINTS; INFILTRATION PONDS; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATIONS; ISOTOPE TRACERS; MANAGEMENT TOOLS; MONITORING TOOLS; PUMPING WELLS; RECOVERY EFFICIENCIES; RECOVERY PERFORMANCES; RO DESALINATIONS; STABLE ISOTOPES; STUDY AREAS; TREATED WASTEWATERS; TREATMENT PROCESSES;

WATER WELLS;

BORON; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPE; LITHIUM; OXYGEN; RAIN; SEA WATER;

COASTAL AQUIFER; EVAPORATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; OSMOSIS; RECHARGE; SEAWATER; WASTEWATER;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BELGIUM; DESALINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOCHEMISTRY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEASHORE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING;

BELGIUM; BORON; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPE LABELING; ISOTOPES; LITHIUM; OSMOSIS; OXYGEN; SEAWATER; SOIL; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 57449117935     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8011222     Document Type: Article

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