RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Nitrate in drinking water wells in Burlington and Mercer Counties, New Jersey
JF Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
FD Soil and Water Conservation Society
SP 183
OP 187
VO 47
IS 2
A1 Eileen A. Murphy
YR 1992
UL http://www.jswconline.org/content/47/2/183.abstract
AB 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.