An Easy-to-Use Method for Assessing Nitrate Contamination Susceptibility in Groundwater

Table 4

Overlay matrix for the Potential Nitrate Contamination (PNC) map; APNC = Agricultural Potential Nitrate Contamination; UPNC = Urban Potential Nitrate Contamination; PuPNC = Periurban Potential Nitrate Contamination.

APNC

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