Long Term Effectiveness of Wellhead Protection Areas
A preventive instrument to ensure the protection of groundwater is the establishment of wellhead protect areas (WPA) for public supply wells. The shape of the WPA depends on the rate of pumping and aquifer characteristics, such as the transmissivity, porosity, hydraulic gradient, and aquifer thickne...
Main Authors: | Almeida, C. (Author), Carvalho, J.M (Author), Carvalho, M.D.R (Author), Paiva, M. (Author), Zeferino, J. (Author) |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI
2022
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Online Access: | View Fulltext in Publisher |
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