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Record Nr.

UNINA9910703540903321

Autore

Desimone Leslie A.

Titolo

Water quality in principal aquifers of the United States, 1991-2010 / / by Leslie A. DeSimone, Peter B. McMahon, and Michael R. Rosen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Reston, Virginia : , : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2014

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (150 pages) : PDF file, illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; ; 118 MB

Collana

Circular ; ; 1360

Soggetti

Groundwater - Quality - United States

Aquifers - United States

Water quality management - United States

Water quality - Effect of human beings on - United States

Water - Pollution - United States - Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on February 17, 2015).

"National Water-Quality Assessment Program."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-144).

Nota di contenuto

Overview of major findings and implications -- Principal aquifers and NAWQA approach to assessing groundwater quality -- Aquifers and processes affecting groundwater quality -- Quality of groundwater resources for drinking and other uses -- Understanding where and why constituents from geologic sources occur -- Understanding where and why contaminants from human activities occur -- How does our use of water affect groundwater quality? -- How is groundwater quality changing?