The role and limitations of groundwater vulnerability maps in evaluating groundwater pollution hazard beneath contaminated land

Lewis, Melinda; Stuart, Marianne; Robins, Nicholas; Davey, Ian R. 1997 The role and limitations of groundwater vulnerability maps in evaluating groundwater pollution hazard beneath contaminated land. In: Chilton, John, (ed.) Groundwater in the Urban Environment. Rotterdam, Balkema, 617-620, 4pp.

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Abstract/Summary

Groundwater vulnerability maps are currently being produced for the UK as a tool to aid decision making reagrding land use. The maps classify the hazard to groundwater in an underlying aquifer posed by a contaminant load on the ground surface. Their role in assessing the potential impact of contaminated land on groundwater is reviewed.

Item Type:	Publication - Book Section
Programmes:	BGS Programmes 2010 > Groundwater Science
ISBN:	9054108371
NORA Subject Terms:	Earth Sciences Hydrology
Date made live:	13 Jun 2011 15:35 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/14125

Item Type:

Publication - Book Section

Programmes:

BGS Programmes 2010 > Groundwater Science

ISBN:

9054108371

NORA Subject Terms:

Earth Sciences
Hydrology

Date made live:

13 Jun 2011 15:35 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/14125