Assessment of nitrate concentration in groundwater in Saudi Arabia

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 161, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Alabdula'aly, Abdulrahman I ^a   Al Rehaili, Abdullah M ^b   Al Zarah, Abdullah I ^a   Khan, Mujahid A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Nitrate occurrence; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; DRINKING WATER; GLOBAL PROBLEMS; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE LEVELS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEWER SYSTEM;

ALUMINUM; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; POTABLE WATER; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WASTEWATER; WELLS;

NITRATES;

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; NITRITE;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GROUNDWATER; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NITRATE; SEWER NETWORK; SPATIAL VARIATION; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RURAL AREA; SAUDI ARABIA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; NITRATES; SAUDI ARABIA; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 74349100095     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0722-7     Document Type: Article

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