Impact of agricultural practices on groundwater quality in intensive irrigated area of Chtouka-Massa, Morocco

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 574, Issue , 2017, Pages 760-770

  Malki, Mouna ^a   Bouchaou, Lhoussaine ^a   Hirich, Abdelaziz ^b   Ait Brahim, Yassine ^a   Choukr Allah, Redouane ^b,c  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR BIOSALINE AGRICULTURE   (United Arab Emirates)

^c Hassan II Institute of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Irrigation mode; Nitrate; Overexploitation; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IRRIGATION; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (METAL); NITRATES; POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; SEAWATER; SPRINKLER SYSTEMS (IRRIGATION); WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTANTS; CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS; INTENSIVE EXPLOITATIONS; IRRIGATION MODES; OVEREXPLOITATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

DEUTERIUM; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; OXYGEN 18;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AQUIFER; DRIP IRRIGATION; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER; NITRATE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; WATER LEVEL; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; EVAPORATION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MINERALIZATION; MOROCCO; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

MASSA RIVER; MOROCCO; SOUSS-MASSA-DRAA;

EID: 84988499015     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.09.145     Document Type: Article

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