Factors affecting temporal variability of arsenic in groundwater used for drinking water supply in the United States

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 505, Issue , 2015, Pages 1370-1379

  Ayotte, Joseph D ^a   Belaval, Marcel ^b   Olson, Scott A ^a   Burow, Karen R ^a   Flanagan, Sarah M ^a   Hinkle, Stephen R ^a   Lindsey, Bruce D ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b US Environmental Protection Agency Region 8   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Geochemistry; Groundwater; Season; Temporal variability; Water supply wells

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HAZARDS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; POTABLE WATER; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); WATER SUPPLY;

ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC IN GROUNDWATER; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; GEOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; GEOCHEMICAL FACTORS; GROUNDWATER ENVIRONMENT; SEASON; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; WATER POLLUTANT; WELL WATER;

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER SUPPLY; WELL WATER;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY; WATER WELLS;

EID: 84915819426     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.02.057     Document Type: Article

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