Groundwater stress and vulnerability in rural coastal aquifers under competing demands: A case study from Sri Lanka

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 176, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 13-30

  Jayasekera, Dumindu L ^a   Kaluarachchi, Jagath J ^a   Villholth, Karen G ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Aquifer; Coastal; Nitrate; Public health; Salinity; Sri Lanka; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

COASTAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALINITY; SRI LANKA; VULNERABILITY;

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; HYDROGEOLOGY; NITRATES; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SEAWATER; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

CHLORIDE; FERTILIZER; FRESH WATER; GROUND WATER; METHEMOGLOBIN; NITRATE; NITROGEN; RAIN; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

COASTAL AQUIFER; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FARMING SYSTEM; HEALTH IMPACT; NITRATE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SALINITY; VULNERABILITY;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROUNDWATER STRESS; HUMIDITY; LAND USE; POPULATION GROWTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SALINITY; SANITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SRI LANKA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER AND WATER RELATED PHENOMENA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WIND;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SRI LANKA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 79954650582     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1563-8     Document Type: Article

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