Nitrate Contamination and Temporal Trends in Volcanic Barva and Colima Aquifers (1988-2018), in an urban and agriculture-dominated region, Costa Rica

In the Great Metropolitan Area (GAM) of Costa Rica, 65% of the population, equivalent to 1.7 million people, is supplied by the most important volcanic aquifers in the country: Barva, phreatic and the most superficial, Colima Superior, and Colima Inferior, both phreatic in some sectors and confined...

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Autores Principales: Madrigal-Solís, Helga, Fonseca-Sánchez, Alicia, Jiménez Gavilán, Pablo, Vadillo Pérez, Iñaki
Formato: Conferencia
Idioma: Inglés
Publicado: Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica) 2023
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Acceso en línea: http://hdl.handle.net/11056/26586
Sumario: In the Great Metropolitan Area (GAM) of Costa Rica, 65% of the population, equivalent to 1.7 million people, is supplied by the most important volcanic aquifers in the country: Barva, phreatic and the most superficial, Colima Superior, and Colima Inferior, both phreatic in some sectors and confined in others.