Expanding Local Water Supplies: Assessing the Impacts of Stormwater Infiltration on Groundwater Quality

Professional Geographer

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 232-249

  Dallman, Suzanne ^a   Spongberg, Martin ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

Author keywords

groundwater recharge; stormwater infiltration; urban runoff; water quality monitoring; water supply augmentation

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; INFILTRATION; RECHARGE; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; URBAN REGION; VADOSE ZONE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859612803     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2011.600226     Document Type: Article

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