title: PLUS: a regional groundwater assessment and ranking tool.
abstract: There has been interest within the pesticide regulatory community in developing a tool that can provide estimates of potential pesticide exposure in shallow groundwater across an intended use area. Therefore, industry initiated an investigative project based on the PRZM 3.12 model, which uses regional soils and weather in an easy to use interface. The goal of this proof-of-concept is to facilitate the refinement of groundwater exposure estimates. The focus of this paper is to report the effectiveness of the tool as a regional estimator of potential groundwater contamination.
authors.affiliation: BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Drive, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA. scott.jackson@basf.com
authors.forename: Scott H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hendley
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cheplick
mesh_terms: D001130:Arizona; D005845:Georgia; D009658:North Dakota; D010414:Pennsylvania; D010575:Pesticides / Q000032:analysis*; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*; D014877:Water Pollution, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D010575:Pesticides; D012987:Soil; D014867:Water