Section 12. - Conceptual understanding and groundwater quality of the basin-fill aquifers in the Santa Ana Basin, California

US Geological Survey Professional Paper

Volumn , Issue 1781, 2010, Pages 219-265

  Thiros, Susan A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANIMAL FEEDING; ANIMAL WASTES; AQUIFER MATERIALS; AQUIFER SYSTEMS; ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE; BASEFLOWS; CALIFORNIA; COASTAL BASINS; COLORADO RIVER; CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING; CONFINED AQUIFERS; CONFINED AREAS; CONFINED CONDITION; CONTAMINANT PLUME; DETECTION FREQUENCY; DISSOLVED SOLIDS; DRAINAGE AREA; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; EVAPORATIVE CONCENTRATION; FLOW PATH; FLOW SYSTEMS; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; GROUNDWATER BASINS; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; IRRIGATION WATERS; LAND SURFACE; LARGE COMPONENTS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; NATURAL GROUNDWATER; NEW SOURCES; ORGANIC CONTENT; PAST AND PRESENT; PRESSURE AREA; PRODUCTION WELLS; RECHARGE AREA; RECHARGE WATER; REGIONAL SCALE; SEMI-ARID CLIMATE; SEWER PIPES; STORM WATER RUNOFF; STREAMBEDS; SUBBASINS; TREATED WASTEWATER; UNCONFINED CONDITIONS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN LAND USE; URBAN POPULATION; WATER DEMAND;

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; DEPOSITS; DISSOLUTION; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; INFILTRATION; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; IRRIGATION; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; LEACHING; MANURES; MINING LAWS AND REGULATIONS; NITRATES; PUMPS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; RUNOFF; URBAN GROWTH; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WELLS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BASIN FILL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PUMPING; RECHARGE; URBAN POPULATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER QUALITY;

CALIFORNIA; SAN JACINTO; SANTA ANA BASIN; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84864241195     PISSN: 10449612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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