Assessment of nitrate contamination of groundwater using lumped-parameter models

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1073-1087

  Hajhamad, Lubna ^a   Almasri, Mohammad N ^a  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Contamination; Groundwater; Management; Modeling; Nitrate; Palestine

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AQUIFERS; LUMPED-PARAMETER MODELS; MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS; MODELING; NITRATE CONCENTRATIONS; NITRATE CONTAMINATIONS; NITRATE LEVELS; NITROGEN-BASED FERTILIZERS; PALESTINE; STUDY AREAS; TIME STEPS; UNTREATED WASTEWATERS; WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEMS; WASTEWATER COLLECTIONS; WATER TABLE ELEVATIONS;

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; FETAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MANAGEMENT; NITRATES; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; REDUCTION; WASTEWATER;

WASTEWATER DISPOSAL;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COASTAL AQUIFER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FERTILIZER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NITRATE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; URBAN AREA; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER; WATER LEVEL; WATER TABLE;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; GAZA; GAZA COASTAL AQUIFER; MIDDLE EAST; MOZAMBIQUE; PALESTINE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 67349091759     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2009.02.014     Document Type: Article

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