Essays about: "Alajuela"

Found 2 essays containing the word Alajuela.

1. 1. Hydrochemical investigation and vulnerability assessment of the Los Bambinos aquifer in Costa Rica

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Teknisk geologi; Lunds universitet/Väg- och vattenbyggnad (CI)

   Author : Jennifer Berg; Marco Kraus Schmitz; [2020]
   Keywords : Hydrochemistry; Aquifer pollution vulnerability assessment; Los Bambinos aquifer; Barva aquifer; Alajuela; GOD; DRASTIC; Groundwater quality; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : In this study, a hydrochemical and biological investigation, and a vulnerability assessment were conducted on the Los Bambinos aquifer during the spring of 2020. A literature study on previous studies conducted in the area was also made. This aquifer is located on the southwestern slope of the Barva volcano, northeast of Alajuela, Costa Rica. READ MORE

3. 2. Polluted domestic water in Costa Rica : an analysis from a technical and an economic perspective

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Therese Lager; Maria Wikström; [2007]
   Keywords : Costa Rica; drinking water; fertilizer; coffee; nitrate; nitrite; willingness to pay; environmental valuation; contingent valuation method;

   Abstract : The aim of this project was to investigate pollution of a water resource from fertilizer used in coffee plantations and to investigate the inhabitants' willingness to pay to maintain a good quality of the drinking water. Concentrations of nitrite and nitrate in water taken from a coffee plantation were compared with water from an area not as fertilizer intense. READ MORE