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Background: The New York State Departments of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) and Health (NYS DOH) are concerned about groundwater contamination in the carbonate-bedrock aquifers in New York, especially relating to the unintended introduction of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and liquid manure to these aquifers. These carbonate rocks form extensive aquifers that transmit, and can yield, water from solution-enlarged fractures, bedding planes, and other openings (Olcott, 1995). Groundwater contamination from liquid manure application (fecal coliform bacteria [E. coli] and nitrate) has been on the increase over the past decade as these incidents have been reported to the NYS DEC. Nitrate is highly water-soluble...
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Tags: Basin & Hydrogeologic Characterization,
Basin & Hydrogeologic Characterization,
Basin & Hydrogeologic Characterization,
Cooperative Water Program,
Geospatial Applications, All tags...
Geospatial Applications,
Groundwater Recharge,
Groundwater Recharge,
Groundwater recharge,
NY,
New York,
Toxic Substance Hydrology,
USGS New York Water Science Center,
WSC,
aquifers,
carobnate-bedrock,
contamination,
focused-recharge,
groundwater,
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