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Ground‐Water Pollution — An Imminent Disaster a
Author(s) -
Pettyjohn Wayne A.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
groundwater
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1745-6584
pISSN - 0017-467X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1979.tb03268.x
Subject(s) - pollution , hazardous waste , groundwater , environmental science , perspective (graphical) , environmental planning , contaminated water , water pollution , water source , water resource management , natural resource economics , waste management , engineering , computer science , chemistry , economics , environmental chemistry , artificial intelligence , ecology , geotechnical engineering , biology
The significance of ground‐water pollution depends on our perspective. To those individuals who are directly affected, it is an imminent disaster. Once contaminated, ground water may remain in an unusable or even hazardous condition for decades or even centuries as illustrated by situations in central Ohio, New York, London and many others. All polluted water can be treated to make it potable, but the expense may far exceed the resources of the individual homeowner.