Assessing the impact of dairy waste lagoons on groundwater quality using a spatial analysis of vadose zone and groundwater information in a coastal phreatic aquifer

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 132, Issue , 2014, Pages 135-144

  Baram, S ^a   Kurtzman, D ^b   Ronen, Z ^a   Peeters, A ^a   Dahan, O ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Contamination; Dairy farm; GIS; Groundwater; Spatial statistics; Waste lagoon

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; GROUND WATER; METHANE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; RUNOFF;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CHLORIDE; COASTAL AQUIFER; CONFINED AQUIFER; DAIRY FARMING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; LEACHATE; MASS BALANCE; MICROORGANISM; NITROGEN; PATHOGEN; POINT SOURCE; RECHARGE; SALINIZATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; VADOSE ZONE; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTAMINATION; DAIRYING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); ISRAEL; LAGOON; LEACHING; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE; WATER CONTENT; WATER QUALITY;

ISRAEL;

CONTAMINATION; DAIRY FARM; GIS; GROUNDWATER; SPATIAL STATISTICS; WASTE LAGOON;

CHLORIDES; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; ISRAEL; NITRATES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84888785243     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.11.008     Document Type: Article

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