Record Details
Field | Value |
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Title | Well head protection in Idaho; a plan to help your community protect its drinking water |
Creator | Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Division of Environmental Quality; Idaho Water Resources Research Institute, University of Idaho |
Date | 1992 |
Subject | Drinking water; Groundwater; Water quality; Water management |
Description | The Wellhead Protection Program is designed to reduce the threat to the quality of ground water used for drinking water by identifying and protecting the vulnerable areas surrounding a well. A wellhead protection area (WHPA) is defined as the surface and subsurface area surrounding a well or wellfield that supplies a public water system, through which contamination could reach the well. WHPA boundaries are determined based on factors such as well pumping rates and ground water flow parameters... |
Publisher | Idaho Water Resources Research Institute; University of Idaho |
Language | eng |
Rights | Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/ |
Format | application/pdf |
Type | Text |
Identifier | http://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/cdm/ref/collection/idahowater/id/665 |