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- Title
Impact of Drought on Wastewater Contaminants in an Urban Water Supply.
- Authors
Benotti, Mark J.; Stanford, Benjamin D.; Snyder, Shane A.
- Abstract
The article presents a study that examines the effects of surface water flow changes like droughts on wastewater contaminants and drinking water source quality in Lake Mead, between Arizona and Nevada. The study assesses concentration of contaminants like conductivity, nitrate, and endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) on the said water site and its two inflows such as the Colorado River between New Mexico and Arizona and Las Vegas Wash in Nevada from 2003 to 2007. Result shows increase of the said contaminants in Lake Mead concomitantly with a decrease on its water volume. Moreover, it reveals no contaminant nor water volume increases were noted on its two inflows. It concludes that water volume decreases such as drought impacts drinking water source quality deteriorations.
- Subjects
LAS Vegas Wash (Nev.); LAKE Mead (Ariz. &; Nev.); NEVADA; ARIZONA; DROUGHTS; CONTAMINATION of drinking water; WATER quality monitoring; ENDOCRINE disruptors; WATER levels; NITROGEN in water -- Seasonal variations
- Publication
Journal of Environmental Quality, 2010, Vol 39, Issue 4, p1196
- ISSN
0047-2425
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2134/jeq2009.0072