Index see also hydrological cycles cemeteries 342–3 centralized wastewater treatment 290–8 cereal crops 259 cesspits 598–9 checklists abstraction impact susceptibility 236–9 agricultural activities 265–70 industry, mining and military sites 333–6 landfill contamination 356–9 sanitation practices 301–4 socioeconomic/institutional settings 193–5 traffic and transport pollution 369–72 chemical contaminants industrial processes 311–13, 312 sanitation systems 278–80 chemical warfare (CW) agents 329, 331, 332 chemicals 81–137 attenuation and transport 82–90 cemeteries 343 common names 247 fire-fighting 366 hazards 11–13, 658–9 inorganic constituents 90–9 military sites 614, 616 organic compounds 105–25 public health risk 418 reactions 87, 89–90 transformations 87, 89–90, 526 children 186 China 321 chloride concentrations 354, 390 chlorinated hydrocarbons 121–5, 323 chlorinated solvents 317, 328, 613 cholera epidemic 413 classifications aquifer vulnerability 203–6 pesticide leaching potential 127 pollution vulnerability 203–6 solid waste 340 subsurface water 24–5, 24 water quality, USA 483 cleaning industrial and military sites 622–3 sanitary completion 503, 504 clogging, recharge basins 527, 529 Clostridium spp. 70 coal mining 321 see also mining activities coastal aquifers abstraction impacts 231 calcareous formations 40–1, 44 coastal plain sediments 38–9, 44
665 Codes of Practice 556–7 coliform bacteria 53 collaboration of information 166–9 commercial development 483–9 common names of chemicals 247 communication of contamination 187 communities initiatives 549 participation 144–7 sanitary completion 504–5 complexation 90 composting technologies 289–90 concentrations chemical 470 chlorides 354 metals 322 microorganisms 277, 278 nitrates 248–9, 285 pollutants 379, 385–8, 390 conceptual models attenuation processes 85–90 contamination 85, 86 organic compound transport 105–9 cone of depression 319, 325 confined aquifers 29–30, 30 consolidated sedimentary aquifers 40 construction processes agriculture 584 groundwater pollution 365, 367 hydrological management 532 industry, mining and military sites 629 sanitary completion 502–3, 512 sanitation systems 609 traffic and transport 655, 661 waste disposal and landfills 649 wastes 340, 341 consultation protection policies 548–51 public 144, 146, 161–3 contained sanitation systems 288–9 containment of landfills 637–41 contaminants assessment 418–19 chemical 278–80 industrial activities 311–13, 312 military activities 330–1 public health risk 417–18 recharge water 523 sanitation systems 277–80 contamination Bangladesh 561 Canada 51 communication rules 187