Nitrate transport modeling to evaluate source water protection scenarios for a municipal well in an agricultural area

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 429-439

  Bonton, Alexandre ^a   Rouleau, Alain ^b   Bouchard, Christian ^a   Rodriguez, Manuel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Fertilization; Groundwater pollution; Nitrate transport model; Scenarios analysis; Well capture zone

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AQUIFER; DRINKING WATER; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND MANAGEMENT; NITRATE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; WELL WATER;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 79955144912     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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