Assessing risk to groundwater quality using an integrated risk framework

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4939-4956

  Simpson, Mike W M ^a   Allen, Diana M ^a   Journeay, Murray M ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquifer vulnerability; Canada; Groundwater; Groundwater contamination; Risk assessment; Source water protection

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CHEMICAL HAZARDS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LOSSES; RISK MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFER VULNERABILITY; ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; CANADA; CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICALS; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES; SOURCE-WATER PROTECTION;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH IMPACT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY; WATER QUALITY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84900334252     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2886-x     Document Type: Article

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