Trends in concentrations of nitrate and total dissolved solids in public supply wells of the Bunker Hill, Lytle, Rialto, and Colton groundwater subbasins, San Bernardino County, California: Influence of legacy land use

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 452-453, Issue , 2013, Pages 125-136

  Kent, Robert ^a   Landon, Matthew K ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Nitrate; Public supply; Total dissolved solids; Trends

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND USE; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; PUBLIC SUPPLY; PUBLIC SUPPLY WELLS; SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY , CALIFORNIA; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TRENDS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCS);

DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; LOADING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

NITRATES;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; PERCHLORATE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT; WELL WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LAND USE; NITRATE; TREND ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER DEPTH; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WELL WATER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; LAND USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; WATER POLLUTANT;

CALIFORNIA; SAN BERNARDINO; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; NITRATES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY; WATER WELLS;

EID: 84875240247     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.02.042     Document Type: Article

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