Well water in karst regions of northeastern Wisconsin contains estrogenic factors, nitrate, and bacteria

Water Environment Research

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 318-326

  Bauer, Angela C ^a   Wingert, Sarah ^a   Fermanich, Kevin J ^a   Zorn, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coliform; E screen assay; Endocrine disruptors (EDCs); Enterococci; Escherichia coli; Estrogenicity; Groundwater; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; NITRATES; POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

COLIFORM; E-SCREEN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENTEROCOCCI; ESTROGENICITY;

WATER POLLUTION;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN; NITRATE; SNOW; WELL WATER;

BACTERIUM; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; KARST; NITRATE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOWMELT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WELL WATER;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WILDLIFE; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANT;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIA; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; NITRATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER WELLS; WISCONSIN;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878762363     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143012X13373575831358     Document Type: Article

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