Guidelines for interpreting hydrochemical patterns in data from public supply well fields and their value for natural background groundwater quality determination

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 379, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 151-163

  Mendizabal, Igor ^a,b   Stuyfzand, Pieter J ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Drinking water supply; Groundwater quality; Hydrological response curve; Monitoring network; Natural background; Well field adaptation

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER SUPPLY; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE CURVE; MONITORING NETWORK; NATURAL BACKGROUND;

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; TIME SERIES; TRITIUM; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

POTABLE WATER;

AQUIFER; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; GUIDELINE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MONITORING SYSTEM; PUMPING; TRITIUM; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WELL;

EID: 70350610971     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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