Threats to groundwater resources in urbanizing watersheds: The Waterloo Moraine and beyond

Canadian Water Resources Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 193-208

  Sousa, Marcelo R ^a   Rudolph, David L ^a   Frind, Emil O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; DYNAMIC PHENOMENA; GROUNDWATER GOVERNANCES; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; THREAT ASSESSMENT; WELL CAPTURE ZONES; WELL VULNERABILITIES;

GROUNDWATER;

EID: 84904338338     PISSN: 07011784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07011784.2014.914801     Document Type: Article

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