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Well head protection in Idaho; a plan to help your community protect its drinking water

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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

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