Quantification of long-term wastewater fluxes at the surface water/groundwater-interface: An integrative model perspective using stable isotopes and acesulfame

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 466-467, Issue , 2014, Pages 16-25

  Engelhardt, I ^a,b   Barth, J A C ^c   Bol, R ^a   Schulz, M ^d   Ternes, A ^d   Schuth C ^b   van Geldern, R ^c  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acesulfame; Riparian zone; Sewage water; Stable isotopes; Tracer

Indexed keywords

ACESULFAME; RIPARIAN ZONES; SEWAGE WATER; STABLE ISOTOPES; TRACER;

GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; ISOTOPES; STREAM FLOW;

RIVERS;

ACESULFAME; GROUND WATER; OXYGEN 18; PROTON; SURFACE WATER;

GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRESSURE FIELD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN ZONE; SEEPAGE; SEWAGE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAMWATER; TRACER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; STREAM (RIVER); WASTE WATER; WATER FLOW; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 84880993041     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.06.092     Document Type: Article

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