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Herbicides, pesticides and nutrients in the Tindall aquifer, Katherine Region

Details:

Title

Herbicides, pesticides and nutrients in the Tindall aquifer, Katherine Region,

Creator

Schult, Julia, Northern Territory. Department of Land Resource Management,

Collection

E-Publications, E-Books, PublicationNT, Report No. 13/2016,

Date

2016-06-01,

Description

This study aimed to: 1. investigate whether any pesticide and/or herbicide residues are currently present in groundwater of the Tindall aquifer 2. investigate whether nutrient concentrations, in particular NO3 (nitrate), in the Tindall aquifer are currently elevated and whether elevated concentrations are widespread 3. provide a baseline for future studies of groundwater quality in the region,

Notes

Includes bibliographical references: pages 25-27, Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT),

Table of contents

Summary -- Introduction -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendix A-C,

Language

English,

Subject

Herbicides -- Environmental aspects -- Katherine Region, Pesticides -- Enviromental aspects -- Katherine Region, Water -- Pollution -- Katherine Region, Nutrient pollution of water -- Katherine Region,

Publisher name

Northern Territory Government,

Place of publication

Palmerston,

Series

Report No. 13/2016,

Format

ii, 35 pages : colour illustrations, maps ; 30 cm.,

File type

application/pdf,

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),

Copyright owner

Northern Territory Government,

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/267197, https://hdl.handle.net/10070/267197,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/443946