River chloride trends in snow-affected urban watersheds: Increasing concentrations outpace urban growth rate and are common among all seasons

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 508, Issue , 2015, Pages 488-497

  Corsi, Steven R ^a   De Cicco, Laura A ^a   Lutz, Michelle A ^a   Hirsch, Robert M ^b  

^a WISCONSIN WATER SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic toxicity; Chloride; Road salt; Urbanization; Water quality trends

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; ROADS AND STREETS; SNOW; STREAM FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC TOXICITY; CHLORIDE; ROAD SALTS; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY TRENDS;

URBAN GROWTH;

CHLORIDE; GROUND WATER; RAIN; SNOW; SODIUM CHLORIDE; INORGANIC SALT; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; SHALLOW WATER; STREAMFLOW; TOXICITY; URBAN GROWTH; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DILUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH RATE; HYDROLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; WINTER; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; RIVER; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRENDS; WATER POLLUTANT;

UNITED STATES;

CHLORIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVERS; SALTS; SEASONS; SNOW; TRANSPORTATION; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84916896571     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.12.012     Document Type: Article

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