Groundwater Primer - Types of Contaminants

  1. Introduction
    2.
  2. Sources of Pollution
    3.
  3. Types of Contaminants
    4.
    1. Inorganic
      1. Agricultural Nitrogen in Groundwater
      2. radionuclides
      3. nitrate/nitrite
      4. heavy metals
    2. Organic
      1. pesticides
      2. Agrichemical Pesticides
      3. Movement of pesticides and Best Management Practices
      4. gasoline additives
      5. petroleum products: BTEX
    3. Biological
      1. Transport and survival of pathogens in ground water
      2. Bacteria
      3. viruses
  4. Transport of Contaminants
    5.
  5. Fate of Contaminants
    6.
  6. Models
    7.
  7. Remediation
    8.
  8. Monitoring
    9.
  9. Legal Aspects
    10.
  10. Miscellaneous
    11.
  11. Index
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