Bringing Groundwater Quality Research to the Watershed Scale
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Author(s): N. R. Thomson (Ed.)
Publisher: IAHS
ISBN: 190150218X
Format: softback
546pp
Price: £85.00
Review Date: 24 October 2005
Review: These are 67 papers comprising the Proceedings of the Conference held in Canada in July 2004. The aim of the conference was to discuss advances in groundwater quality research at the watershed scale. There was an emphasis on the integration of groundwater quality research and consideration of complex megasites, and widely distributed and persistent chemicals and pathogens. The first section deals with general trends in groundwater quality, from both a global perspective and from the view of Finland, Canada, Nigeria and The Netherlands. Section 2 deals with processes related to contaminant input to groundwater systems, with papers dealing with diffuse groundwater pollution, the dynamics of groundwater recharge through fractures, the fate and transport of surrogates for viral pathogens, and factors that control nitrate concentrate in shallow groundwater. The next two sections deal with site characterization, and management and decision-making for megasites. Other sections discuss: natural attenuation processes and application, in situ remediation, and flow and transport modelling.