Impacts of urbanization on groundwater quality and recharge in a semi-arid alluvial basin

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 409, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 196-211

  Carlson, Mark A ^a   Lohse, Kathleen A ^a   McIntosh, Jennifer C ^a   McLain, Jean E T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

CFCs; Groundwater; Isotopes; Recharge; Tritium helium; Urban

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL BASINS; ARIZONA; CFCS; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUNDWATER AGES; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; GROUNDWATER WELLS; HELIUM-3; NON-POINT SOURCE; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; QUALITY METRICS; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; RECHARGE; SEMI ARID; SEMI-ARID REGION; STORM RUNOFF; TRACE METAL; URBAN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATER SCARCITY;

ARID REGIONS; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HELIUM; ISOTOPES; RADIOACTIVITY; RUNOFF; TRACE ELEMENTS; TRITIUM; WATER QUALITY;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

ALLUVIAL FAN; CFC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; RECHARGE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE SCARCITY; SEMIARID REGION; TRITIUM; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION; VULNERABILITY; WATER QUALITY; WELL WATER;

ARIZONA; RILLITO CREEK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054082809     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.08.020     Document Type: Article

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