Assessment of contamination by anthropogenic dissolved organic matter in the aquifer that underlies the agricultural area

Autor: Reyna María Guadalupe Fonseca-Montes de Oca, Janete Morán-Ramírez, Rosa María Fuentes-Rivas, José Alfredo Ramos-Leal, Germán Martínez-Alva, German Santa Cruz de León
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 27:45859-45873
ISSN: 1614-7499
0944-1344
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-10512-w
Popis: The use of wastewater for agricultural irrigation is a common practice worldwide; long-term use of wastewater can have adverse effects, such as the migration of the anthropogenic dissolved organic matter into the aquifer. Three-dimensional fluorescence spectroscopy (EEM) was used to investigate the characteristics of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in groundwater and irrigation wastewater, to establish the effect of intensive irrigation on the water quality from the aquifer that underlies the area. The fluorescence spectra showed the presence of humic and fulvic acids and anthropogenic organic compounds similar to aromatic proteins and soluble microbial products in wastewater resources. The significant fraction of DOM in groundwater samples are aromatic proteins and soluble microbial products, identical to wastewater. Chlorides and nitrate ion concentrations suggest a local flow system. High levels of TDS are associated with intensive irrigation with residual water and the return irrigation associated with a gradual increase in salts of CO32-, NO3-, HCO3-, Cl-, and SO42-. The anthropogenic DOM is a useful indicator of water quality management in groundwater based on origin tracking of DOM and changes in organic pollutants. Fluorescence spectroscopy can be used to investigate groundwater pollution characteristics and monitor DOM dynamics in groundwater.
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