nitrate water pollution Articles
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Identifying regional groundwater risk areas using a WWW GIS model system
To evaluate the National Agricultural Pesticide Risk Analysis (NAPRA) WWW system (http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~napra), NAPRA WWW predicted nitrate and atrazine losses to shallow groundwater were compared with well nitrate and atrazine data within Indiana. The NAPRA system correctly categorised 84% of the 'High' and 'Very High' nitrate observations, although the predicted nitrate losses are ...
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Utilisation of drinking water from rainwater–harvesting cisterns in the Palestinian territories: assessment of contamination risk
A set of established precautions and procedures must be followed to ensure water quality in rainwater harvesting cisterns. In this study, 106 cisterns were sampled and 176 cistern owners were surveyed in the northern West Bank region. It was found that although the nitrate concentration and Total Dissolved Solids (TDSs) readings of the sampled cisterns conformed to Palestinian standards, most ...
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Nitrate Pollution Affects Millions in U.S.
According to new study, the water contamination disproportionately affects poor and Hispanic Americans Runoff of agricultural fertilizer is a major source of nitrate pollution in drinking water. A new study in the journal Environmental Justice has determined that 5.6 million Americans served by community water systems (CWSs) in the United States are exposed to excessive nitrate levels in ...
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