Quantifying the vulnerability of well fields towards anthropogenic pollution: The Netherlands as an example

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 398, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 260-276

  Mendizabal, Igor ^a   Stuyfzand, Pieter J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Groundwater protection; Monitoring; Netherlands; Redox

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; COASTAL DUNE; CURRENT CONCENTRATION; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER PROTECTION; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL; MOBILIZATION POTENTIAL; NETHERLANDS; PHREATIC; PUBLIC SUPPLY WELLS; RAW WATER; REDOX; REDOX STATE; RIVER BANK; SANDY AQUIFERS; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; VULNERABILITY INDEX; WATER FRACTION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; PH; POLLUTION; PUMPS; SURFACE WATERS;

POTABLE WATER;

ALKALINITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CATCHMENT; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; MOBILIZATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; REDOX POTENTIAL; SURFACE WATER; VULNERABILITY; WATER SUPPLY; WELL WATER;

NETHERLANDS;

EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 79551491936     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.12.026     Document Type: Article

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