Assessing Selenium Contamination in the Irrigated Stream-Aquifer System of the Arkansas River, Colorado

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2344-2356

  Gates, Timothy K ^a   Cody, Brent M ^a   Donnelly, Joseph P ^b   Herting, Alexander W ^c   Bailey, Ryan T ^a   Price, Jennifer Mueller ^a  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Kimley Horn and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC HABITATS; AQUIFER SYSTEMS; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; CURRENT FIELDS; DOWNSTREAM REGION; GROUNDWATER CONCENTRATIONS; INVERSE CORRELATION; IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE; N FERTILIZERS; NITRATE CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIVER VALLEY; STRONG CORRELATION; SUBSURFACE SOURCE; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; UPSTREAM REGION;

AQUIFERS; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; RIVERS; SELENIUM; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

RIVER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; SELENIUM; SURFACE WATER;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; HABITAT; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); OXIDATION; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW; WATER SAMPLING;

AGRICULTURE; COLORADO; GEOGRAPHY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RIVERS; SELENIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 70350706107     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0499     Document Type: Article

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