Temporal evolution of depth-stratified groundwater salinity in municipal wells in the major aquifers in Texas, USA

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 472, Issue , 2014, Pages 370-380

  Chaudhuri, Sriroop ^a   Ale, Srinivasulu ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Drinking water quality; Groundwater seepage and mixing; Hydrochemical facies; Irrigational return flow; Seawater intrusion; Total dissolved solids

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION; LANDFORMS; MIXING; POTABLE WATER; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SEEPAGE; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER SALINIZATIONS; GROUNDWATER SEEPAGE; HYDROCHEMICAL FACIES; IRRIGATION RETURN FLOWS; MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS; RETURN FLOW; TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARDS; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

BICARBONATE; CHLORIDE; GROUND WATER; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE;

AQUIFER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; MIXING; SALINITY; SALINIZATION; SEAWATER; SEEPAGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WELL WATER;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; NEW MEXICO; OGALLALA AQUIFER; PECOS VALLEY; SEYMOUR AQUIFER; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

PECOS;

DRINKING WATER QUALITY; GROUNDWATER SEEPAGE AND MIXING; HYDROCHEMICAL FACIES; IRRIGATIONAL RETURN FLOW; MAXIMUM CONTAMINATION LEVEL; MCL; SEAWATER INTRUSION; SECONDARY MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL; SMCL; TDS; TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TWDB; UNITED STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; US EPA; USGS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; SALINITY; SEAWATER; TEXAS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84888795550     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.10.120     Document Type: Article

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