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GROUND-WATER CONTAMINATION [1 record]

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Record 1 2020-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Pollution
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

There are many different sources of groundwater contamination. Groundwater becomes contaminated when anthropogenic, or people-created, substances are dissolved or mixed in waters recharging the aquifer.

Key term(s)
  • ground-water contamination

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'eau
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

Il existe plusieurs sources de contamination des eaux souterraines. La contamination des eaux souterraines survient lorsque des substances anthropiques, à savoir fabriquées par l'être humain, se dissolvent dans l'eau qui alimente les aquifères ou se mélangent à celle-ci.

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