Evaluating Chemical Tracers in Suburban Groundwater as Indicators of Nitrate-Nitrogen Sources
BACKGROUND
Nitrate-nitrogen concentrations exceed the drinking water standard in nine percent of Wisconsin’s private wells andforty-seven community water system wells. It has been estimated...
Understanding the Effects of Groundwater Pumping on Lake Levels
The study summarized here examined the impacts of groundwater pumping on Wisconsin Central Sands water resources. Prominent hydrologic studies in the 1960s and 1970s warned that the growth i...
Design of a field-scale approach for evaluating nitrogen management practices impacts to groundwater
While nitrogen fertilizers and other nutrient sources (e.g., manure, bio-solids, and legume credits) are valued for their ability to increase crop yields, a portion of nitrogen applied throu...
Assessing the Potential of Hormones from Agricultural Waste to Contaminate Groundwater
Concern has recently emerged about a group of trace organic compounds identified in the aquatic environment which might affect reproduction and development of wildlife species and humans due...
Reducing human health risks from groundwater : estimating private well testing behaviors and barriers among private well owners in Wisconsin, 2015
Private well testing is an evidence-based strategy to reduce risks from exposure to harmful contaminants. It is a primary way contaminants can be detected, potential for health risks can be ...
Drawdown in the Northeast Groundwater Management Area (Brown, Outagamie, and Calumet Counties, WI)
In Eastern Wisconsin, water levels over large regions have decreased due to many wells pumping from beneath a confining layer. This combination of geology and cumulative pumping from the wel...