Domestic well water quality within tribal lands of eastern Nebraska
@article{McGinnis2001DomesticWW, title={Domestic well water quality within tribal lands of eastern Nebraska}, author={Shelley R. McGinnis and R. Davis}, journal={Environmental Geology}, year={2001}, volume={41}, pages={321-329} }
Abstract. Recent surveys of Native Americans suggest that individuals living on reservations may be at greater environmental/health risk than the population at large due to water-quality problems. Despite these surveys, no comprehensive study of environmental conditions within Native American lands as a whole has been undertaken. This study compares water-quality data from two reservations in eastern Nebraska, the Omaha and the Santee Sioux Reservations, with existing regional, state, and…
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