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In many rural communities, groundwater is used to meet the water demand of the community and for the irrigation of cultivating areas. The quality of groundwater can be adversely affected by agricultural activities and finally groundwater quality may become unsuitable for human consumption and irrigation, as in the Harran Plain. Hence, monitoring groundwater quality by cost-effective techniques is necessary, as especially unconfined aquifers are vulnerable to contamination. This study presents an artificial neural network model predicting sodium adsorption ratio (SAR) and sulfate concentration in the unconfined aquifer of the Harran Plain. Samples from 24 observation wells were analyzed monthly for 1?year. Electrical conductivity, pH, groundwater level, temperature, total hardness and chloride were used as input parameters in the predictions. The best back-propagation (BP) algorithm and neuron numbers were determined for the optimization of the model architecture. The Levenberg?CMarquardt algorithm was selected as the best of 12 BP algorithms and optimal neuron number was determined as 20 for both parameters. The model tracked the experimental data very closely both for SAR (R?=?0.96) and sulfate (R?=?0.98). Hence, it is possible to manage groundwater resources in a more cost-effective and easier way with the proposed model application. 相似文献
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Yvonne S. Anku Bruce Banoeng-Yakubo Daniel K. Asiedu Sandow M. Yidana 《Environmental Geology》2009,58(5):989-997
Hydrochemical data are presented for groundwater samples, collected from fractured aquifers in parts of northern Ghana. The
data was collected to assess the groundwater suitability for domestic and agricultural use. Results of the study reveal that
the pH of the groundwater in the area is slightly acidic to slightly alkaline. The electrical conductivity values, total dissolved
solids (TDS) values and calcium, magnesium and sodium concentrations in the groundwater are generally below the limit set
by the WHO for potable water supply. On the basis of activity diagrams, groundwater from the fractured aquifers appears to
be stable within the montmorillonite field, suggesting weathering of silicate minerals. An inverse distance weighting interpolator
with a power of 2 was applied to the data points to produce prediction maps for nitrate and fluoride. The distribution maps
show the presence of high nitrate concentrations (50–194 mg/l) in some of the boreholes in the western part of the study area
indicating anthropogenic impact on the groundwater. Elevated fluoride level (1.5–4 mg/l), higher than the WHO allowable fluoride
concentration of 1.5, is recorded in the groundwater underlying the northeastern part of the study area, more specifically
Bongo and its surrounding communities of the Upper East region. Results of this study suggest that groundwater from the fractured
aquifers in the area exhibit low sodicity–low salinity (S1–C1), low sodicity–medium salinity (S1–C2) characteristics [United
States Salinity Laboratory (USSL) classification scheme]. All data points from this study plot within the ‘Excellent to good’
category on a Wilcox diagram. Groundwater in this area thus appears to provide irrigation water of excellent quality. The
hydrochemical results indicate that, although nitrate and fluoride concentrations in some boreholes are high, the groundwater
in the study area, based on the parameters analyzed, is chemically potable and suitable for domestic and agricultural purposes. 相似文献
3.
Assessing the extent and sources of nitrate contamination in the aquifer system of southern Baldwin County,Alabama 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
A regional-scale groundwater study was conducted over a 2-year period to assess the extent of nitrate contamination and source
identification for southern Baldwin County, AL. Groundwater wells were sampled and analyzed for nitrate and a host of other
geochemical parameters which revealed that extensive areas within aquifer zone A2 exhibited nitrate concentrations exceeding
regulatory limits. Spatial iso-concentration maps of nitrate were constructed using ArcGIS software to determine the extent
and severity of contamination for the aquifers underlying southern Baldwin County with the primary interest focused on the
heavily utilized aquifer zone A2. Nitrate levels in the central and northeastern portion of the study area were most extensive
with maximum concentrations of 63 mg/L likely resulting from agricultural inputs. Several other small regions throughout the
study area exhibited elevated levels of nitrate and chloride as high as 112 and 51.1 mg/L, respectively, and sources likely
vary (i.e., residential septic systems, animal waste to agriculture). With the exception of a few groundwater samples, there
was no obvious correlative relationship between chloride and nitrate concentration for data collected during the 2-year period.
Collectively, a general inverse relationship between nitrate concentrations and well depth was observed for the aquifer system
under investigation. The study provides an initial current data set of areas impacted or most vulnerable to nitrate contamination
and initial assessment of likely sources of nitrate in the region. 相似文献
4.
In this case study, silica concentration, oxygen and strontium isotopes of water samples were used to study surface water–groundwater
interaction at the Xin’an karst water system. The silica concentration in rain water is commonly less than 1 mg/l. In the
areas around the south tributary of the Zhuozhang River, silica concentrations in the groundwater in Quaternary aquifers range
between 4.04 and 7.66 mg/l while that of the surface water varies from 1.49 to 6.9 mg/l. Silica concentrations of most surface
water samples increase with TDS, indicating the effect of groundwater recharge on river water chemistry. On the contour map
of silica concentration of groundwater in Quaternary aquifers, samples located close to surface water often have lower silica
concentrations as a result of surface water recharge. Both overland flow and surface water have impact on karst water according
to our hydrogeochemical study of stable oxygen isotope, Sr isotope and strontium contents. Calculation results of three end
member mixing model show that the contribution of karst water, surface water and overland flow water is 45, 28 and 27%, respectively. 相似文献
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This paper describes the implementation of process-based models reflecting relative groundwater nitrate vulnerability of the
shallow alluvial Lower Savinja Valley (LSV) aquifer in Slovenia. A spatially explicit identification of the potentially vulnerable
priority areas within groundwater bodies at risk from a chemical point of view is being required for cost-effective measures
and monitoring planning. The shallow LSV unconfined aquifer system consists of high-permeable Holocene and middle- to low-permeable
Pleistocene gravel and sand, with a maximum thickness of about 30 m, mainly covered by shallow eutric fluvisoils or variously
deep eutric cambisoil. The hydrogeological parameters, e.g. the depth to the groundwater, hydrological role of the topographic
slope, etc. usually used in different point count schemes are, in the case of the lowland aquifer and shallow groundwater,
spatially very uniform with low variability. Furthermore, the parametric point count methods are generally not able to illustrate
and analyze important physical processes, and validation of the results is difficult and expensive. Instead of a parametric
point count scheme, we experimentally used the Arc-WofE extension for weights-of-evidence (WofE) modelling. All measurement
locations with a concentration higher than the value of 20 mg NO3
− per litre of groundwater have been considered as training points (173), and the three process-based models generalized output
layers of groundwater recharge (GROWA), nitrate leached from the soil profile (SWAT) and groundwater flow velocity (FEFLOW),
served as evidential themes. The technique is based on the Bayesian idea of phenomena occurrences probability before (prior
probability) and after consideration of any evidential themes (posterior probability), which were measured by positive and
negative weights as an indication of the association between a phenomena and a prediction pattern. The response theme values
describe the relative probability that a 100 × 100 m spatial unit will have a groundwater nitrate concentration higher than
the training points’ limit values with regard to prior probability value. The lowest probability of groundwater nitrate occurrence
is in the parts of the LSV aquifer, which are known as anoxic condition areas with very likely denitrification processes.
The cross-validation of the dissolved oxygen and dissolved nitrate response theme confirmed the accuracy of the groundwater
nitrate prediction. The WofE model results very clearly indicate regional groundwater nitrate distribution and enable spatial
prediction of the probability for increased groundwater nitrate concentration in order to plan the groundwater nitrate reduction
measures and optimize the programme for monitoring the effects of these measures. 相似文献
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Samira Akhavan Sayed-Farhad Mousavi Jahangir Abedi-Koupai Karim C. Abbaspour 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2011,63(6):1155-1167
One of the major causes of groundwater pollution in Hamadan–Bahar aquifer in western Iran is a non-point source pollution
resulting from agricultural activities. Withdrawal of over 88% of drinking water from groundwater resources, adds urgency
to the studies leading to a better management of water supplies in this region. In this study, the DRASTIC model was used
to construct groundwater vulnerability maps based on the “intrinsic” (natural conditions) and “specific” (including management)
concepts. As DRASTIC has drawbacks to simulate specific contaminants, we conditioned the rates on measured nitrate data and
optimized the weights of the specific model to obtain a nitrate vulnerability map for the region. The performance of the conditioned
DRASTIC model improved significantly (R
2 = 0.52) over the intrinsic (R
2 = 0.12) and specific (R
2 = 0.19) models in predicting the groundwater nitrate concentration. Our study suggests that a locally conditioned DRASTIC
model is an effective tool for predicting the region’s vulnerability to nitrate pollution. In addition, comparison of groundwater
tables between two periods 30 years apart indicated a drawdown of around 50 m in the central plain of the Hamadan–Bahar region.
Our interpretation of the vulnerability maps for the two periods showed a polluted zone developing in the central valley requiring
careful evaluation and monitoring. 相似文献
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Regional distribution pattern of groundwater heavy metals resulting from agricultural activities 总被引:18,自引:0,他引:18
Contaminations of groundwater by heavy metals due to agricultural activities are growing recently. The objective of this study
was to evaluate and map regional patterns of heavy metals (Cd, Zn and Cu) in groundwater on a plain with high agricultural
activities. The study was conducted to investigate the concentration of heavy metals and distribution in groundwater in regions
of Shush Danial and Andimeshk aquifers in the southern part of Iran. Presently, groundwater is the only appropriate and widely
used source of drinking water for rural and urban communities in this region. The region covers an area of 1,100 km2 between the Dez and Karkhe rivers, which lead to the Persian Gulf. For this study, the region was divided into four sub-regions
A, B, C and D. Additionally, 168 groundwater samples were collected from 42 water wells during the earlier months of 2004.
The flame atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS-Flame) was used to measure the concentration of heavy metals in water samples
and the Surfer software was used for determination of the contour map of metal distribution. The results demonstrated that
in all of the samples, Cd and Zn concentrations were below the EPA MCLG and EPA secondary standard, respectively. However,
the Cu contents of 4.8 % of all samples were higher than EPA MCL. It is also indicated that the concentrations of metals were
more pronounced at the southern part of the studied region than at the others. The analysis of fertilizers applied for agricultural
activities at this region also indicated that a great majority of the above-mentioned heavy metals were discharged into the
environment. Absence of confining layers, proximity to land surface, excess agricultural activities in the southern part and
groundwater flow direction that is generally from the north to the southern parts in this area make the southern region of
the Shush plain especially vulnerable to pollution by heavy metals than by other contaminants. 相似文献
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An attempt has been made in this research work to evaluate the concentration of nitrate in groundwater and its management
in Apple town and its environs. Groundwater pollution has been reported in many aquifers because of high concentration of
nitrate in ground water, which is the result of excessive use of fertilizers to cropland. Systematic sampling was done, with
a view to understand the source of nitrate concentration in the study area. Fifteen sample sites were selected and the samples
were taken for a baseline study to understand the geochemistry of the study area and to assess its physicochemical characteristics.
The water quality parameters were investigated for summer (May, 2007) and winter (December, 2007) seasons and were compared
with the standard values given by ICMR / WHO. The hydrochemical data of 15 samples indicates that the concentration of almost
all parameters fall within the permissible limits except nitrate. Linear Trend Analysis on seasonal and annual basis clearly
depicted that nitrate pollution in the study area is increasing significantly. About 85% of samples during summer season and
67% of the samples during winter season were showing a high concentration of nitrate, exceeding permissible limit of WHO (50 mg/l),
which is due to the use of nitrogenous fertilizers in the study area. Appropriate methods for improving the water quality
and its management in the affected areas have been suggested. 相似文献
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Spatial assessment of salinity and nitrate pollution in Amman Zarqa Basin: a case study 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Mustafa Al Kuisi Mohammed Al-Qinna Armin Margane Taiseer Aljazzar 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2009,59(1):117-129
Intensive use of land resources in arid and semi-arid regions exert serious pressures on groundwater resources and jeopardize
further socio-economical developments. The Amman-Zarqa Basin (AZB), the most vital basin in Jordan, is facing recent groundwater
deterioration due to a very large increase in water demands for domestic, agricultural, and industrial uses. The objectives
of this paper were to quantify the degree of contamination in the basin by evaluating the characteristics, distribution and
seasonal variations of two pollution indicators (nitrate concentration and salinity) and to determine the impacts of human
activities (land use) on groundwater quality. Based upon long-term data (1970–2005) of groundwater samples collected from
538 wells across the AZB, spatial analyses indicated that both indicators have a strong spatial dependence and are anisotropically
distributed. Prediction maps of Ordinary Kriging and Indicator Kriging provided detailed indications of the major and minor
sources of pollution in the basin. Inefficient wastewater treatment plants, industrial activities and agricultural practices
were responsible for 91, 85, and 25% salinization of nearby wells, respectively. Nitrate pollution had reached 73% above threshold
(50 mg/L) in some cases. The temporal analyses estimated the salinity buildup rate to be around 8 × 10−2 μS/cm per day, while nitrate buildup rate was estimated to be around 6 × 10−2 mg/L per day. Remote sensing and spatial analyses helped greatly in groundwater quality assessment not only in providing
the environmental status of the AZB but also in delineating the potential of contamination risk zones and their correlation
to human activities. Furthermore, the paper suggests some environmental protection strategies that should be adopted to protect
the vital groundwater resources of the basin from further deterioration. 相似文献
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桂林寨底地下河硝酸根含量特征研究 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
工农业生产迅速发展使地下水硝酸盐污染成为世界性的环境问题.因此,研究地下水中硝酸根含量特征具有重要意义,在水文地质条件特殊的西南岩溶地区尤为重要.本文以岩溶地区典型地下河--广西桂林寨底地下河为例,分析了地下河系统不同季节硝酸根含量特征,发现地下河中硝酸根含量受降雨和人类活动影响较大. 相似文献
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The alluvial aquifer of the Alto Guadalquivir River is one of the most important shallow aquifers in Jaén, Spain. It is located
in the central-eastern part of the province, and its groundwater resources are used mainly for crop irrigation in an agriculture-dominated
area. Hydrochemical and water-quality data obtained through a 2-year sampling (2004–2006) and analysis program indicate that
nitrate pollution is a serious problem affecting groundwater due to the use of nitrogen (N)-fertilizers in agriculture. During
the study, 231 water samples were collected from wells and springs to determine water chemistry and the extent of nitrate
pollution. The concentration of nitrate in groundwater ranged from 1.25 to 320.88 mg/l. Considerable seasonal fluctuations
in groundwater quality were observed as a consequence of agricultural practices and other factors such as annual rainfall
distribution and the Guadalquivir River flow regime. The chemical composition of the water is not only influenced by agricultural
practices, but also by interaction with the alluvial sediments. The dissolution of evaporites accounts for part of the Na+, K+, Cl−, SO4
2−, Mg2+, and Ca2+, but other processes, such as calcite precipitation and dedolomitization, also contribute to groundwater chemistry. 相似文献
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Groundwater nitrate contamination and risk assessment in an agricultural area,South Korea 总被引:2,自引:1,他引:1
Jae-Yeol Cheong Se-Yeong Hamm Jeong-Hwan Lee Kwang-Sik Lee Nam-Chil Woo 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2012,66(4):1127-1136
The nitrate of groundwater in the Gimpo agricultural area, South Korea, was characterized by means of nitrate concentration,
nitrogen-isotope analysis, and the risk assessment of nitrogen. The groundwaters belonging to Ca–(Cl + NO3) and Na–(Cl + NO3) types displayed a higher average NO3
− concentration (79.4 mg/L), exceeding the Korean drinking water standard (<44.3 mg/L NO3
−). The relationship between δ18O–NO3
− values and δ15N–NO3
− values revealed that nearly all groundwater samples with δ15N–NO3
− of +7.57 to +13.5‰ were affected by nitrate from manure/sewage as well as microbial nitrification and negligible denitrification.
The risk assessment of nitrate for groundwater in the study area was carried out using the risk-based corrective action model
since it was recognized that there is a necessity of a quantitative assessment of health hazard, as well as a simple estimation
of nitrate concentration. All the groundwaters of higher nitrate concentration than the Korean drinking water standard (<44.3 mg/L NO3
−) belonged to the domain of the hazard index <1, indicating no health hazard by nitrate in groundwater in the study area.
Further, the human exposure to the nitrate-contaminated soil was below the critical limit of non-carcinogenic risk. 相似文献
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Groundwater resources are vulnerable to contamination especially in shallow aquifers. The aquifer hydrogeological parameters and the Land Uses category combinations lead to subdivide areas according to their contamination likelihood. In arid and semi-arid regions, shallow aquifers are more exposed to groundwater contamination due to high population densities (extensive uses) and agricultural activities (nitrate contamination). Moreover, these regions are characterized by low rainfall and high evaporation. Furthermore, the spread of farmland, industrial and domestic sectors, is the principal contaminant producer which threats the groundwater quality. To protect these limited resources, the groundwater vulnerability assessment was developed in Maritime Djeffara shallow aquifer (Southeastern Tunisia). The study area is essentially occupied by agricultural areas (intensive use of chemical fertilizers) in addition to the discharge of industrial zones. The main objective of this study is to assess the aquifer vulnerability using the Susceptibility Index (SI) method as a specific vulnerability model. The results show that the study area is classified into five classes of vulnerability: very low, low, medium, high, and very high (1.54, 20, 41.54, 35.9, and 1.02%, respectively) with an uneven spatial distribution. The risk results exhibit three degrees: low, moderate, and high. The validation of the vulnerability model was performed by using salinity values and nitrate concentrations with a correlation coefficient of about 57 and 55%, respectively. This study could serve as a scientific basis for sustainable land use planning and groundwater management in the study area. 相似文献
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The groundwaters from Zhongxiang City, Hubei Province of central China, have high fluoride concentration up to 3.67 mg/L,
and cases of dental fluorosis have been found in this region. To delineate the nature and extent of high fluoride groundwaters
and to assess the major geochemical factors controlling the fluoride enrichment in groundwater, 14 groundwater samples and
5 Quaternary sediment samples were collected and their chemistry were determined in this study. Some water samples from fissured
hard rock aquifers and Quaternary aquifers have high fluoride concentrations, whereas all karst water samples contain fluoride
less than 1.5 mg/L due to their high Ca/Na ratios. For the high fluoride groundwaters in the fissured hard rocks, high HCO3
− concentration and alkaline condition favor dissolution of fluorite and anion exchange between OH− in groundwater and exchangeable F− in some fluoride-bearing minerals. For fluoride enrichment in groundwaters of Quaternary aquifers, high contents of fluoride
in the aquifer sediments and evapotranspiration are important controls. 相似文献
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Nutrient chemistry of groundwater in an intensively irrigated region of southern India 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The concentration of nutrients in groundwater acts as an indicator to identify the influence of agricultural activities on the shallow subsurface environment. Hence, the present study was carried out to assess nutrient concentration (nitrate, phosphate and potassium) and understand its spatial and seasonal variations in the groundwater of Palar and Cheyyar River basin, Tamil Nadu, India. The groundwater samples collected from 43 wells were analyzed for nutrients once a month from January 1998 to June 1999. Results of the study suggested that agricultural activities, including application of fertilizers, soil mineralization processes and irrigation return flow, are major processes regulating the nutrients chemistry in the groundwater of this region. Groundwater in the sedimentary formation has comparatively higher concentration of nutrients than the groundwater in hard rock formations, which seems to be due to the adsorption of nutrients by the weathered rock materials. The seasonal water level fluctuation shows that rising water level increases nutrients concentration in groundwater due to the agriculture related activities. The results also indicate that nitrate and potassium concentrations are within the recommended drinking water limits, whereas phosphate concentration exceeds its drinking water limit and 35% of the samples are unsuitable for drinking purposes.Electronic Supplementary Material Supplementary material is available for this article at 相似文献
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Greece is dependent on groundwater resources for its water supply. The main aquifers are within carbonate rocks (karstic aquifers)
and coarse grained Neogene and Quaternary deposits (porous aquifers). The use of groundwater resources has become particularly
intensive in coastal areas during the last decades with the intense urbanization, tourist development and irrigated land expansion.
Sources of groundwater pollution are the seawater intrusion due to over-exploitation of coastal aquifers, the fertilizers
from agricultural activities and the disposal of untreated wastewater in torrents or in old pumping wells. In the last decades
the total abstractions from coastal aquifers exceed the natural recharge; so the aquifer systems are not used safely. Over-exploitation
causes a negative water balance, triggering seawater intrusion. Seawater intrusion phenomena are recorded in coastal aquifer
systems. Nitrate pollution is the second major source of groundwater degradation in many areas in Greece. The high levels
of nitrate are probably the result of over-fertilization and the lack of sewage systems in some urban areas. 相似文献
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Determining the genetic origin of nitrate contamination in aquifers of Northern Gujarat,India 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Kumari Rina P. S. Datta Chander Kumar Singh Saumitra Mukherjee 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2014,71(4):1711-1719
Over the past decades, the Gujarat state of India experienced intensive agricultural and industrial activities, fertilizer consumption and abstraction of groundwater, which in turn has degraded the ground water quality. Protection of aquifers from nitrate pollution is a matter of prime concern for the planners and decision-makers. The present study assessed the spatial and temporal variation of groundwater nitrate levels in areas with different land use/land cover activities for both pre- and post-monsoon period. The pre-monsoon nitrate level (1.6–630.7 mg/L) in groundwater was observed to be higher as compared to the post-monsoon level (2.7–131.7 mg/L), possibly due to insufficient recharge and evaporation induced enrichment of agrichemical salts in groundwater. High HCO3 ? (200–1,000 mg/L) as well as SO4 2?/Cl? (0.111–0.992) in post-monsoon period provides a favourable environment for denitrification, and lower the NO3 levels during the post-monsoon period. The K vs NO3 scatter plot suggests a common source of these ions when the concentration is <5 mg/L, the relationships between different pollutants and nitrate also suggest that fertilizers and other sources, such as, animal waste, crop residue, septic tanks and effluents from different food processing units present in the area can be attributed to higher nitrate levels in the groundwater. Appropriate agronomic practices such as application of fertilizers based on calibrated soil tests and proper irrigation with respect to crop can minimize the requirement for inorganic fertilizers, which can bring down the cost of cultivation considerably, and also protect groundwater from further degradation. 相似文献
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Effect of agricultural land use on the chemistry of groundwater from basaltic aquifers, Jeju Island, South Korea 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Dong-Chan Koh Kyung-Seok Ko Yongje Kim Seung-Gu Lee Ho-Wan Chang 《Hydrogeology Journal》2007,15(4):727-743
Geochemical processes were identified as controlling factors of groundwater chemistry, including chemical weathering, salinization from seawater and dry sea-salt deposition, nitrate contamination, and rainfall recharge. These geochemical processes were identified using principal component analysis of major element chemistry of groundwater from basaltic aquifers in Jeju Island, South Korea, a volcanic island with intense agricultural activities. The contribution of the geochemical processes to groundwater chemistry was quantified by a simple mass-balance approach. The geochemical effects due to seawater were considered based on Cl contributions, whereas the effects due to natural chemical weathering were based on alkalinity. Nitrogenous fertilizers, and especially the associated nitrification processes, appear to significantly affect groundwater chemistry. A strong correlation was observed between Na, Mg, Ca, SO4 and Cl, and nitrate concentrations in groundwater. Correspondingly, the total major cations, Cl, and SO4 in groundwater were assessed to estimate relative effect of N-fertilizer use on groundwater chemistry. Cl originates more from nitrate sources than from seawater, whereas SO4 originates mostly from rainwater. N-fertilizer use has shown the greatest effect on groundwater chemistry, particularly when nitrate concentrations exceed 6–7 mg/L NO3–N. Nitrate contamination significantly affects groundwater quality and 18% of groundwater samples have contamination-dominated chemistry. 相似文献
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Hydrochemical appraisal of groundwater and its suitability in the intensive agricultural area of Muzaffarnagar district,Uttar Pradesh,India 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Muzaffarnagar is an economically rich district situated in the most fertile plains of two great rivers Ganga and Yamuna in
the Indo-gangetic plains, with agricultural land irrigated by both surface water as well as groundwater. An investigation
has been carried out to understand the hydrochemistry of the groundwater and its suitability for irrigation uses. Groundwater
in the study area is neutral to moderately alkaline in nature. Chemistry of groundwater suggests that alkaline earths (Ca + Mg)
significantly exceed the alkalis (Na + K) and weak acids exceed the strong acids (Cl + SO4), suggesting the dominance of carbonate weathering followed by silicate weathering. Majority of the groundwater samples (62%)
posses Ca–Mg–HCO3 type of hydrochemical species, followed by Ca–Na–Mg–HCO3, Na–Ca–Mg–HCO3, Ca–Mg–Na–HCO3–Cl and Na–Ca–HCO3–SO4 types. A positive high correlation (r
2 = 0.928) between Na and Cl suggests that the salinity of groundwater is due to intermixing of two or more groundwater bodies
with different hydrochemical compositions. Barring a few locations, most of the groundwater samples are suitable for irrigation
uses. Chemical fertilizers, sugar factories and anthropogenic activities are contributing to the sulphate and chloride concentrations
in the groundwater of the study area. Overexploitation of aquifers induced multi componential mixing of groundwater with agricultural
return flow waters is responsible for generating groundwater of various compositions in its lateral extent. 相似文献
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Karst groundwater is one of the important water resources for people in the world. There is an estimate that by 2028 karst
groundwater will supply more than 80% of people in the world. However, several areas in the world are characterized by high
nitrate concentrations in karst aquifers. In China, karst groundwater is also threatened by extensive use of fertilizer and
pesticides, industry waste, septic systems and poultry, hog or cattle manure. In order to understand the water quality of
a subterranean river in south China, especially the dynamic variation of nitrate, nitrogen input and output were determined
via auto-monitored apparatus, manual observation and samples from 2004 to 2008 in Guancun subterranean river drainage area.
Land use and anthropogenic activities were also investigated frequently. The results showed the range of nitrate variation
was 2.56–15.40 mg l−1, with an average value of 6.60 mg l−1. Spatial variation of nitrate concentrations showed nitrate rose where there were villages and agriculture distribution.
Long series of nitrate and discharge monitoring revealed there was a nitrate peak in spring just before the beginning of rainy
season. Three rainfall events were selected for analysis of relations among hydrological process, water chemistry, and nitrate
of the spring. The flood processes of the spring were divided into three or four phases according to change of water level
and water chemistry. They were dominated by initial condition of aquifer, piston flow in soil and vadose, piston flow in conduit,
diffuse recharge, and bypass recharge. The original condition of aquifer and rainfall pulse controlled recharge flow and changes
of nitrate and hydro-chemical graphs of the spring. The quantity of nitrogen input in a year was 66.61 t, and the output was
21.24 t. Nitrogen leaching loss in base flow accounted for 76.11% in a year. Some measures should be taken to protect karst
water in the very near future, so that health risks to the local people can be decreased. 相似文献