Hydrochemical trends for public supply well fields in The Netherlands (1898-2008), natural backgrounds and upscaling to groundwater bodies

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 450-451, Issue , 2012, Pages 279-292

  Mendizabal, Igor ^a,b   Baggelaar, Paul K ^c   Stuyfzand, Pieter J ^b,d  

^a PWN Waterleidingbedrijf Noord Holland   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Icastat   (Netherlands)

^d KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Monitoring; Natural background; The Netherlands; Trends analysis; Water bodies

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION METHODS; ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; BACKGROUND LEVEL; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONCENTRATION CHANGE; CONCENTRATION DATA; CROSS SECTION; DATA SETS; DRINKING WATER STANDARDS; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; GROUNDWATER QUALITY MONITORING; HYDROCHEMICAL PROCESS; HYDROCHEMICALS; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL; NATIONAL MAP; NATURAL BACKGROUNDS; NETHERLANDS; PUBLIC SUPPLY WELLS; STATISTICAL TREND ANALYSIS; TRENDS ANALYSIS; UPSCALING; WATER QUALITY TRENDS; WATERBODIES;

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MONITORING; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; DATA SET; DRINKING WATER; EUROPEAN UNION; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MONITORING; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS; UPSCALING; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WELL WATER;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84862679280     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.04.050     Document Type: Article

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