Rapid nutrient load reduction during infiltration of managed aquifer recharge in an agricultural groundwater basin: Pajaro Valley, California

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 2235-2247

  Schmidt, C M ^a   Fisher, A T ^a   Racz, A ^a   Wheat, C G ^b   Los Huertos, M ^c   Lockwood, B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Denitrification; Groundwater; Nitrate; Recharge; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER RECHARGE; ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE OF GROUNDWATER; CALIFORNIA; GROUNDWATER BASINS; GROUNDWATER SUPPLY; HIGH RATE; INFILTRATION RATE; LATERAL TRANSPORT; LOAD REDUCTION; NEGATIVE INFLUENCE; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE LOADS; NITRATE REMOVAL; NUTRIENT LOADS; QUALITY OF WATER; RECHARGE; SHALLOW SOILS; SUBSURFACE SOIL; TREATMENT WETLANDS; WATER COMPOSITION;

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; INFILTRATION; LAKES; LOADING; NITRATES; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AQUIFER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; INFILTRATION; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT LOSS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; POND; RECHARGE; WATER QUALITY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863336413     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8320     Document Type: Article

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