Water quality and management of private drinking water wells in Pennsylvania

Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 60-66

  Swistock, Bryan R ^a   Clemens, Stephanie ^b   Sharpe, William E ^b   Rummel, Shawn ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Trout Unlimited   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; NITROGEN COMPOUND; POLLUTANT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

DRINKING WATER; NITRATE; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; HEALTH; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; POLICY; PREVALENCE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

BUILDING CODES; DRINKING WATER; HUMANS; NITRATES; PENNSYLVANIA; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC POLICY; RURAL HEALTH; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER WELLS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874430026     PISSN: 00220892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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