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The Effects of Urbanization on Ground‐Water Quality — A Case Study
Author(s) -
Eisena Craig,
Anderson Mary P.
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.tb03341.x
Subject(s) - groundwater , contamination , infiltration (hvac) , environmental science , sulfate , chloride , fecal coliform , water quality , environmental chemistry , watershed , environmental engineering , surface water , hydrology (agriculture) , chemistry , geography , geology , ecology , geotechnical engineering , organic chemistry , machine learning , meteorology , computer science , biology
The results from a 1 1/2‐year study of ground‐water quality in the vicinity of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, support the suggestion by other researchers, that chloride and sulfate are the principal products of urbanization which alter ground‐water chemistry. In addition to chloride and sulfate, ground‐water samples, from the Menomonee River Watershed contained relatively high concentrations of ammonium, fecal coliform and fecal streptococci bacteria. Field data suggest that contamination of ground water is caused by infiltration of surface water polluted by municipal and industrial wastes and (or) leakage from sewer lines. Some additional chloride contamination by infiltration of road salt is also suggested.