TITLE:
The Source of Arsenic and Nitrate in Borrego Valley Groundwater Aquifer
AUTHORS:
Mohammad Hassan Rezaie-Boroon, Jessica Chaney, Bradley Bowers
KEYWORDS:
Hydrogeology, Hydrogeochemistry, Groundwater, Borrego Valley, Return Flow
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Water Resource and Protection,
Vol.6 No.17,
November
28,
2014
ABSTRACT: Groundwater
in California is very precious, yet what we can withdraw is often contaminated
with natural and anthropogenic pollution sources. We have examined the Borrego
Valley (BV) groundwater (N = 6 wells) in southern California to understand the
source of arsenic and nitrate in some of its groundwater production wells. The
results show that the arsenic values range from