Groundwater problems in a semiarid area (Low Andarax river,Almeria, Spain) |
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Authors: | A. Pulido Bosch F. Sanchez Martos J. L. Martinez Vidal F. Navarrete |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Geodynamics, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain;(2) Faculty of Experimental Sciences, 04071 Almeria, Spain |
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Abstract: | The three aquifer units differentiated in the Low Andarax—detritic, carbonated, and deep aquifers—present problems in water quality. This is made worse during the course of development as a result of the appearance of processes of marine intrusion, dissolution of saline rocks present in the stratigraphic series, overexploitation with considerable increase in the boron content, and the continual recycling of water with a resulting increase in total dissolved solids. All this has resulted in the salinization of the majority of the underlying soils that has led to the abandoning of many cultivated areas—especially areas of citrus growth—and/or the substitution of a farming system that is much more tolerant of the salts. |
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