A national-scale assessment of micro-organic contaminants in groundwater of England and Wales

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 568, Issue , 2016, Pages 712-726

  Manamsa, Katya ^a   Crane, Emily ^a   Stuart, Marianne ^a   Talbot, John ^a   Lapworth, Dan ^a   Hart, Alwyn ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Emerging contaminant; Geology; Land use; Micro organics

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IMPURITIES; LAND USE; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION DETECTION;

CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICALS; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING PROPERTIES; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY; INDUSTRIAL COMPOUNDS; ORGANICS; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BROMODICHLOROMETHANE; BROMOFORM; CAFFEINE; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; CHLOROFORM; DIBROMOCHLOROMETHANE; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; GROUND WATER; HYDROCARBON; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; MICROORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; PETROLEUM; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; LAND USE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; TRACE ELEMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOTOXICITY; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LAND USE; LIFESTYLE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTANT; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; WALES; WATER QUALITY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GROUNDWATER; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; WALES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84962753515     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.017     Document Type: Article

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