Water quality in the Denver Basin aquifer system, Colorado, 2003-05 / by Nancy J. Bauch, MaryLynn Musgrove, Barbara J. Mahler, and Suzanne S. Paschke ; National Water-Quality Assessment Program.
Publication Info.
Reston, Virginia : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 2014.
Online resource consists of PDF report and supplemental Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-81).
Contents
Overview of major findings and implications -- NAWQA approach to assessing groundwater quality -- Environmental setting and water-resource characteristics -- Natural and human factors that affect groundwater flow and quality -- Quality of groundwater used for drinking and irrigation -- Understanding where and why key contaminants occur in groundwater -- Vulnerability of groundwater to contamination.
Summary
Major findings: 1) The quality of groundwater used for drinking water generally is very good. 2) Most constituents at a concentration of concern for human health were from geologic sources. 3) Nitrate concentrations in shallow groundwater were low despite widespread fertilizer use. 4) Irrigation of agricultural and urban lands has adversely affected the quality of shallow groundwater. 5) High-volume pumping of groundwater can increase the vulnerability of the Denver Basin bedrock aquifers to contamination.
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Note
Title from title screen (viewed on February 17, 2015).
