Weekly variations of discharge and groundwater quality caused by intermittent water supply in an urbanized karst catchment

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 537, Issue , 2016, Pages 157-170

  Grimmeisen, Felix ^a   Zemann, Moritz ^a   Goeppert, Nadine ^a   Goldscheider, Nico ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Correlation analysis; Jordan; Karst aquifer; Nitrate monitoring; Urban groundwater; UV vis sensor

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; CONTAMINATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LANDFORMS; NITRATES; POTABLE WATER; SEWERS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER LEVELS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-CORRELATION ANALYSIS; INTERMITTENT WATER SUPPLY; JORDAN; KARST AQUIFER; URBAN GROUNDWATER; WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER; BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; KARST HYDROLOGY; LEAKAGE; NITRATE; POLLUTION CONTROL; RESOURCE SCARCITY; SENSOR; TEMPORAL VARIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER LEVEL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WELL WATER;

AL SALT; BALQA; JORDAN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84962300190     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.03.045     Document Type: Article

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