Proactive screening approach for detecting groundwater contaminants along urban streams at the reach-scale

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 6088-6094

  Roy, James W ^a   Bickerton, Greg ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BACKGROUND VALUE; ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; GROUND WATER PROTECTION; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINANTS; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER PLUMES; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; POTENTIAL CONTAMINANTS; RAPID ACQUISITION; ROAD SALTS; SCREENING APPROACHES; STREAM RESTORATION; STREAMBEDS; URBAN GROUNDWATER; URBAN SETTINGS; URBAN STREAM; WATER QUALITY GUIDELINES;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CONTAMINATION; ETHERS; EUTROPHICATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; NAPHTHALENE; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BENZENE; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DIOXANE; ETHYLBENZENE; GROUND WATER; LEAD; MOLYBDENUM; NAPHTHALENE; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; TOLUENE; URANIUM; XYLENE;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GUIDELINE; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; SAMPLING; STREAM BED; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EUTROPHICATION; PH; PLUME; SCREENING; STREAM (RIVER); TOXICITY; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

CANADA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS; RIVERS; SOIL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

CANADA;

EID: 77956535575     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es101492x     Document Type: Article

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