Ground‐Water Contamination and Well Construction in Southeast Nebraska
Ground‐Water Contamination and Well Construction in Southeast Nebraska
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内布拉斯加州东南部的地下水污染和水井建设
DOI:
10.1111/j.1745-6584.1985.tb02776.x
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发表时间:
1985
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R. Spalding
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作者:
M. Exner;R. Spalding
Nitrate-nitrogen (NO3-N) concentrations and total (TC) and fecal coliform (FC) densities were determined in ground water from 268 household and stock wells in an 1100 mi2 area of southeast Nebraska. Seventy-one percent of the samples had NO3-N concentrations above 10 mg/1 and/or TC densities ≥ 1/100 ml. Most of the NO3-N contamination is from the dissolution of manure in barnyards and corrals. The average δ15N value was + 11.9%0 for the 115 samples with NO3-N levels in excess of 8.5 mg/1.
Only 10% of the wells met Nebraska's criteria for private well construction. NO3-N levels exceeded 10 mg/1 in 4% of these wells while 30% contained one or more TC/100 ml. The highest incidence of NO3-N and coliform contamination occurred in dug or augered wells with open-jointed casing. The rates were 47% and 80%, respectively.
Low levels of atrazine were detected only in the poorly constructed wells. One well contained alachlor.