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Books on: groundwater contamination

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Groundwater Contamination in the United States

Book by Ruth Patrick, Emily Ford, John Quarles, Veronica I. Pye; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1987

Subjects:

Groundwater--Pollution--United States

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Groundwater Contamination in the United States Second Edition Groundwater Contamination in the United States Second...Data Patrick, Ruth. Groundwater contamination in the United States . Original...
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The Conservation of Ground Water: A Survey of the Present Ground-Water Situation in the United States

Book by Harold E. Thomas; McGraw-Hill, 1951

Subjects:

Groundwater--United States, Water Conservation--United States, Water-Supply--United States

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...abandoned because of this contamination. The greatest recorded...leakage and problems of contamination of the supply by polluted...are those where the groundwater and surface-water...the basic cause of contamination is the development...before it reaches the groundwater reservoir. The Gila...
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Demanding Clean Food and Water: The Fight for a Basic Human Right

Book by Joan Goldstein; Plenum Press, 1990

Subjects:

Environmental Protection--Citizen Participation, Food Contamination, Water--Pollution

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...assaults upon the environment is the contamination of air, earth, rivers, and sea with...irreversible. In this now universal contamination of the environment, chemicals are the...for certain the extent of pesticide contamination of our food, nor can we present any...
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The Food Safety Information Handbook

Book by Cynthia A. Roberts; Oryx Press, 2001

Subjects:

Food Adulteration And Inspection, Food Contamination

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Outbreaks of E. Coli and Salmonella from eating tainted meat or chicken and Mad Cow Disease have consumers and the media focused on food safety-related topics. This handbook aimed at students as well as consumers is an excellent starting point for locating both print and electronic resources with ...
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Outbreaks of E. Coli and Salmonella from eating tainted meat or chicken and Mad Cow Disease have consumers and the media focused on food safety-related topics. This handbook aimed at students as well as consumers is an excellent starting point for locating both print and electronic resources with timely information about food safety issues, organizations and associations, and careers in the field.
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Endangered Spaces, Enduring Places: Change, Identity, and Survival in Rural America

Book by Janet M. Fitchen, Sandra Rosenzweig Gittelman; Westview Press, 1991

Subjects:

Community Organization--New York (State), Farm Life--New York (State), New York (State)--Rural Conditions, Rural Poor--New York (State)

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...Problem 198 Groundwater Contamination: A Rural Problem with State and Federal Dimensions...198 Examples of Groundwater Problems Arising in Rural Communities...

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Journal Articles on: groundwater contamination

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Massive Microbiological Groundwater Contamination Associated with a Waterborne Outbreak in Lake Erie, South Bass Island, Ohio

Journal article by Theng-Theng Fong, Linda S. Mansfield, David L. Wilson, David J. Schwab, Stephanie L. Molloy, Joan B. Rose; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 115, 2007

Subjects:

Environmental health, Groundwater--Environmental aspects, Lake Erie--Environmental aspects, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Viruses, Water, Underground--Environmental aspects, Waterborne infections--Risk factors

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...Massive Microbiological Groundwater Contamination Associated with a Waterborne...CONCLUSIONS: Massive groundwater contamination on the island was likely...as viral indicators of groundwater contamination because of their colloidal...
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Groundwater Contamination: Its Effects on Property Values and Cities

Journal article by G. William Page, Harvey Rabinowitz; Journal of the American Planning Association, Vol. 59, 1993

Subjects:

City planning--Environmental aspects, Real property--Valuation, Toxic torts--Economic aspects, Water, Underground--Pollution

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Groundwater contamination: its effects on property values...groundwater is a national problem. Groundwater contamination is the most serious problem...where remediation is conducted, groundwater contamination is having significant impacts...
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Chemical Use Practices and Opinions about Groundwater Contamination in Two Unsewered Subdivisions

Journal article by Christine Mechenich, Byron H. Shaw; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 56, 1994

Subjects:

Pollution--Public opinion, Water quality--Public opinion

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...Practices and Opinions about Groundwater Contamination in Two Unsewered Subdivisions...the two subdivisions, groundwater contamination problems have already...causes and severity of groundwater contamination in their county and neighborhood...
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Arsenic Groundwater Contamination in Middle Ganga Plain, Bihar, India: A Future Danger?

Journal article by Dipankar Chakraborti, Subhash C. Mukherjee, Shyamapada Pati, Mrinal K. Sengupta, Mohammad M. Rahman, Uttam K. Chowdhury, Dilip Lodh, Chitta R. Chanda, Anil K. Chakraborti, Gautam K. Basu; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 111, 2003

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Arsenic groundwater contamination in Middle Ganga Plain, Bihar...survey reports of arsenic contamination in groundwater in the Union Territory of...evolving recognition of groundwater contamination in the eastern Ganga Delta...
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Dairy Feedlot Contributions to Groundwater Contamination - A Preliminary Study in New Mexico

Journal article by Stephen D. Arnold, Edward A. Meister; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 62, 1999

Subjects:

Dairy farming--Environmental aspects, Factory farms--Waste management, Feedlots--Waste management, New Mexico--Waste management, Organic water pollutants--Management, Organic water pollution--Management, Water pollution--Management

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...Feedlot Contributions to Groundwater Contamination - A Preliminary Study...concerns resulting from groundwater contamination, odor, flies, and dust...the specific problem of groundwater contamination from nearby dairy feedlots...

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Magazine Articles on: groundwater contamination

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High School Chemists Bring Groundwater Contamination to Surface

Magazine article by Kelly Loverock; Alternatives Journal, Vol. 27, Fall 2001

Subjects:

Burnaby, British Columbia--Environmental aspects, Carcinogens--British Columbia, Chevron Canada Ltd.--Environmental policy, Methyl tertiary butyl ether--Health aspects, Petroleum refineries--By-products

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...Chemists Bring Groundwater Contamination to Surface...negative impact on groundwater. MTBE is highly...significant onsite contamination of both MTBE and...reported severe contamination of MTBE and benzene...
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Downtown, Not Just for Yuppies: In Denver, Thanks to Low-Income and Environmental Justice Activists, a New Mega-Project Will Include Affordable Housing and Good Jobs

Magazine article by Tara Mckelvey; The American Prospect, Vol. 18, July 2007

Subjects:

Denver, Colorado--Economic aspects, Denver, Colorado--Environmental aspects, Denver, Colorado--Health aspects, Economic development--Environmental aspects, Economic development--United States, Environmental activists--Practice, Environmentalists--Practice, Groundwater--Contamination, Lopez, Tim--Practice, Water, Underground--Contamination

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...the street. "They drill for groundwater and test for TCE," a suspected...others began addressing the contamination question after TCE fumes...according to FRESC. "The groundwater concentrations of TCE near...that residents are safe from contamination of TCE and other chemicals...
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Enforcing Environmentalism: Some Communities Are Now Seeking "Voluntary" Green Programs Breast Cancer Rates among Women on Long Island Are Some of the Highest in the State of New York and the Nation

Magazine article by Peter Bronski; Planning, Vol. 71, August 2005

Subjects:

Breast cancer--Control, Cancer patients--Care and treatment, Groundwater--Contamination, Water, Underground--Contamination

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...During the late 1990s, contaminated groundwater was thought to be the culprit, and pesticide...area had a history of problems with groundwater pollution, and that meant "militant...Clubs initial application in 1994. But groundwater quality wasnt the commu-nitys only concern...
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Water Worries: Drugs Are Turning Up in Drinking Water and Causing Bizarre Mutations

Magazine article by Greg Peterson; E, Vol. 18, July 2007

Subjects:

Animal mutation--Causes of, Drinking water--Contamination, Drugs--Complications and side effects, Groundwater--Contamination, Health and beauty aids--Complications and side effects, Hygiene products--Complications and side effects, Personal care products--Complications and side effects, United States. Environmental Protection Agency--Safety and security measures, Water, Underground--Contamination

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Secure Storage Safeguards Resources: No Surprise That the World Bank Is Checking on Groundwater Resources. but Why Is the International Atomic Energy Agency Active in Eastern and Southern Africa? Our Correspondent Investigates

Magazine article; African Review of Business and Technology, Vol. 41, June 2005

Subjects:

Africa--Natural resources, Groundwater--Protection and preservation, International Atomic Energy Agency--Services, Water, Underground--Protection and preservation, World Bank--Services

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...minimised. But Africas groundwater is under threat, from contamination and over-use, everywhere...four years, been promoting groundwater management schemes in the...capacity and capability in groundwater resource management, including...

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Newspaper Articles on: groundwater contamination

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Tallevast Leery of Promises of Help to Come; They're Pushing for Action to Clean Up Groundwater Contamination

Newspaper article; Sarasota Herald Tribune, May 12, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...for Action to Clean Up Groundwater Contamination. Byline: SCOTT CARROLL...to cure problems from groundwater contamination left behind by a former...committed to remediating the contamination that was left behind...
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Shock Report Says One Third of Water Supplies Are Hit by Contamination; Crisis as Human and Animal Waste Is Fouling Rivers and Groundwater

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 14, 2007

Subjects:

Groundwater--Reports, Rivers--Reports, United States. Environmental Protection Agency--Environmental aspects, United States. Environmental Protection Agency--Reports, Water supply--Reports, Water, Underground--Reports, Water-supply--Reports

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...Are Hit by Contamination; Crisis as...Rivers and Groundwater. Byline...shows that the contamination of ground water...onethird of all groundwater showing signs...worst areas of groundwater contamination were in the...
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State Sues Landfill Owners over Groundwater Pollution

Newspaper article by Charles Keeshan; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), June 14, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...court records, the Veugelers then entered into an agreement with the IEPA requiring quarterly monitoring of groundwater contamination from the site for the next 15 years. However, the lawsuit states, monitoring did not take place in the final...
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Tests Show No New Contamination at Park

Newspaper article by Amy Boerema; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December 5, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Tests Show No New Contamination at Park. by Amy...standards for its soil-to-groundwater route to ensure it...level of the soil- to-groundwater measure. But it was...measuring soil-to- groundwater routes. But residents...
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Plan to Keep Park Contamination-Free

Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), July 7, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Plan to Keep Park Contamination-Free. Byline: By Neil Mckay Work is due to start early this...of underlying clays prevents the contaminants filtering into groundwater. While that environmental "cap" is still effective and the playing...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: groundwater contamination

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Water Pollution

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...reason for this is that much groundwater has been contaminated by...from surface water. When contamination reaches underground water...impairing rivers and streams, groundwater, and even some coastal waters...longer be taken because of contamination by DDT, sewage, or industrial...
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Hydrology

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...important to the study of water pollution, especially of groundwater and other potable water supplies. Knowledge of hydrology...extensively used to determine the movement and extent of contamination from landfills, mine runoff, and other potentially...
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Water Supply

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...be free enough of harmful bacteria, chemicals, and other contamination to be drinkable; free of substances that make its taste or...artificial reservoirs. Water from under the ground is called groundwater and is tapped by means of wells . Most often water must...
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Sewerage

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...their own wastes. Storm sewage, which comes from rain and groundwater, is collected either in a storm sewer or, with domestic sewage...while not pathogenic of themselves, are taken as an index of contamination of watercourses.) In rural areas, sewage can be stored in...
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Long Island , Island, United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...to replenish underground supplies, and strict conservation measures have been imposed to prevent further contamination of groundwater from sewage disposal and detergents and from encroachment by seawater. Both the Dutch and the English established...