Groundwater Pollution Sources Apportionment in the Ghaen Plain, Iran.

ABSTRACT: Although Iran's Ghaen Plain provides saffron to much of the world, no regional groundwater quality (GQ) assessment has yet been undertaken. Given the region's potential for saltwater intrusion and heavy metal contamination, it is important to assess the GQ and determine its main probable source of pollution (MPSP). Such knowledge would allow for informed mitigation or elimination of the potential adverse health effects of this groundwater through its use as drinking water, or indirectly as a result of the consumption of groundwater-irrigated crops. Total dissolved solids, sodium, and chloride in the water of the majority of 16 wells sampled within the region exceeded World Health Organization and Iranian permissible standards for drinking water. The groundwater proved to only be suitable f

SUBMITTER: Vesali Naseh MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5800271 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature