ABSTRACT:
Potable wells in Mercer and Burlington Counties, New Jersey, were sampled for nitrate during the spring of 1990. Sixty of the 343 wells sampled were public supply wells; the remainder were private domestic drinking water wells. Nitrate levels were correlated statistically with well depth, use of chemical or organic fertilizer, and presence of a septic tank within 38 m (125 feet) of the well. Nitrate levels in wells from commercial agricultural areas were not significantly higher than levels from wells in residential areas.
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Eileen A. Murphy is a research scientist with the Division of Science and Research, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Trenton, New Jersey 08625.
- Copyright 1992 by the Soil and Water Conservation Society
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