Deep challenges for China's war on water pollution

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 218, Issue , 2016, Pages 1222-1233

  Han, Dongmei ^a   Currell, Matthew J ^b   Cao, Guoliang ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

China; Groundwater; Isotopes; Nitrate; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; NITRATES; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; OIL SPILLS; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POTABLE WATER; REMEDIATION; RIVER POLLUTION; SURFACE WATERS; WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; DRINKING WATER SOURCES; GROUNDWATER NITRATES; MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS; NITRATE CONTAMINATION; QUALITY CLASSIFICATION; UNTREATED WASTEWATER;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

FERTILIZER; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; SEA WATER; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUIFER; GOVERNMENT; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITRATE; REMEDIATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFER; BIOREMEDIATION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; MANURE; REVIEW; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84991831942     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.08.078     Document Type: Review

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