Temporal and spatial shifts in the chemical composition of urban coastal rainwaters of Kuwait: The role of air mass trajectory and meteorological variables.

The rainwater chemistry encompasses the signatures of geogenic and anthropogenic processes along the regional air mass movement apart from the local sources. The predominance of dust events and anthropogenic emissions in arid regions facilitate new particle formation. Further, rain events of different seasons depict moisture sources from diverse regions reflecting variation in the regional geochemistry with respect to seasons.

Identification of high nitrate concentration in shallow groundwater of an arid region: a case study of South Kuwait's Bay.

Coastal aquifer is a fragile environment due to the interaction of groundwater with seawater, especially in arid environments. Groundwater along Kuwait's Bay is polluted due to discharge of waste from desalination plants, power plants, and other anthropogenic activities. Earlier studies on submarine groundwater discharge in Kuwait's Bay region have reported the transfer of nutrient flux from the groundwater to Kuwait's Bay.