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Nitrate Ground-Water Modeling for Agricultural and Other Nonpoint Sources

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Nitrate Contamination

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Some basic approaches to modeling nonpoint-source nitrate contamination in ground water are reviewed including statistical models, reservoir models, analytic models, and numerical transport models. Ongoing studies in Nebraska are used to illustrate several modeling approaches. Although there are a range of models that could be useful in modeling nitrate pollution in Nebraska, the data base limits the choices to relatively simple models in most cases.

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  1. B. Curtis

    Present address: Doctoral Candidate, Department of Civil Engieering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588-0531, USA

  2. D. Adelman

    Present address: Nebraska Naturral Resources Commission, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering W348 Nebraska Hall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, 68588-0531, USA

    W. E. Kelly, B. Curtis & D. Adelman

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, 68588-0531, USA

    Istvan Bogárdi  & Wilma G. Ennenga  & 

  2. University of Nebraska Water Center, Lincoln, Nebraska, 68583-0844, USA

    Robert D. Kuzelka

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Kelly, W.E., Curtis, B., Adelman, D. (1991). Nitrate Ground-Water Modeling for Agricultural and Other Nonpoint Sources. In: Bogárdi, I., Kuzelka, R.D., Ennenga, W.G. (eds) Nitrate Contamination. NATO ASI Series, vol 30. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76040-2_7

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