[Formation Mechanism and Source Apportionment of Hydrochemical Components in Groundwater in the Yinchuan Plain].

Groundwater is one of the major water sources for production, living, and agricultural irrigation in the Yinchuan Plain. Owing to the influence of the regional environmental background and long-term effects of human activities, groundwater quality is generally inferior. To deeply analyze the formation mechanism and source of hydrochemical components in groundwater in the Yinchuan Plain, the traditional hydrochemical graphic method and mathematical statistics and principal component analysis-multivariate linear statistical model were used.

Sustaining Irrigation Supplies through Immobilization of Groundwater Arsenic .

Geogenic arsenic (As) in groundwater is widespread, affecting drinking water and irrigation supplies globally, with food security and safety concerns on the rise. Here, we present push-pull tests that demonstrate field-scale As immobilization through the injection of small amounts of ferrous iron (Fe) and nitrate, two readily available agricultural fertilizers. Such injections into an aquifer with As-rich (200 ± 52 μg/L) reducing groundwater led to the formation of a regenerable As reactive filter in situ, producing 15 m of groundwater meeting the irrigation water quality standard of 50 μg/L.

[Heavy Metal Content and Risk Assessment of Sediments and Soils in the Juma River Basin].

The sediment and soil in the Juma River channel pose a risk of pollution to the downstream ecological environment of Beijing and Xiong'an New Area. To address this issue, sediments and soil samples were collected along the river from the source to the Zhangfang outlet. The samples were further divided into three types:main stream sediment (29 samples), riverbank soil (27 samples), and farmland soil (26 samples).

[Hydrochemical Characteristics and Pollution Source Identification of Groundwater in Plain Area of Barkol-Yiwu Basin].

Groundwater is an important water supply source for production and life in arid and semi-arid areas. This study revealed the hydrochemical characteristics of groundwater in the Barkol-Yiwu Basin of Xinjiang and analyzed the pollution sources, which is of great significance in the sustainable utilization of local groundwater. Four spring water samples, 20 unconfined groundwater samples, and 11 confined groundwater samples collected in August 2022 were analyzed using mathematical statistics, a graphic method, and the PCA-APCS-MLR model.

[Assessment of Groundwater Contamination Risk in the Plain Area of Southern Turpan Basin].

Groundwater contamination risk assessment is an effective tool for groundwater pollution prevention and control. The evaluation system mainly includes three parts:groundwater contamination source load assessment, groundwater vulnerability assessment, and groundwater function value evaluation. Taking the plain area of southern Turpan Basin as an example, based on the survey data and land use data, point source pollution and non-point source pollution were divided to evaluate the load of groundwater pollution sources, the classical DRASTIC model was selected to evaluate the vulnerability of groundwater, and the functional value of groundwater was evaluated from the point of view of water quality and quantity.

Hydrogeological controls on chromium enrichment along the groundwater flow path in the Baiyangdian Catchment, North China Plain.

Although the natural occurrence of high chromium (Cr) groundwater has been intensively investigated in bedrock or sedimentary aquifers, the impacts of hydrogeological conditions on dissolved Cr distribution are poorly understood. In this study, groundwater samples from recharge mountain area (Zone I) through runoff area (Zone II) to discharge area (Zone III) were taken from bedrock and sedimentary aquifers approximately along the flow path in Baiyangdian (BYD) catchment, China, to reveal how hydrogeological conditions and hydrochemical evolution contributed to Cr enrichment in groundwater. Results showed that dissolved Cr was dominated by Cr(VI) species (>99 %).

Identification and Risk Assessment of Priority Control Organic Pollutants in Groundwater in the Junggar Basin in Xinjiang, P.R. China.

The Junggar Basin in Xinjiang is located in the hinterland of Eurasia, where the groundwater is a significant resource and has important ecological functions. The introduction of harmful organic pollutants into groundwater from increasing human activities and rapid socioeconomic development may lead to groundwater pollution at various levels. Therefore, to develop an effective regulatory framework, establishing a list of priority control organic pollutants (PCOPs) is in urgent need.

Controls of Geochemical and Hydrogeochemical Factors on Arsenic Mobility in the Hetao Basin, China.

High arsenic (As) groundwater is frequently found in inland basins, but little is known about As pools in sediments and their influences on aqueous As distributions. The Hetao Basin is a typical inland basin, where groundwater As concentrations generally increase from alluvial fans to flat plain. Two sites are only 1700 m apart, but groundwater As concentrations at the depth range of 15 to 80 m are quite different, ranging from 7.

Remote sensing of wetland evolution in predicting shallow groundwater arsenic distribution in two typical inland basins.

A large number of studies have shown that the existence of wetlands may influence arsenic concentrations in adjacent shallow groundwater. However, little is known about the linkage between wetland evolution and arsenic enrichment in shallow groundwater. This study investigated wetland evolutions from 1973 to 2015 in two arid-semiarid inland basins along the Yellow River catchment (i.

Reduction of iron (hydr)oxide-bound arsenate: Evidence from high depth resolution sampling of a reducing aquifer in Yinchuan Plain, China.

Sediment in fluvial-deltaic plains with high-As groundwater is heterogenous but its characterization of As and Fe oxidation states lacks resolution, and is rarely attempted for aqueous and solid phases simultaneously. Here, we pair high-resolution (> 1 sample/meter) Fe extended fine-structure spectroscopy (EXAFS, n = 40) and As X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy (XANES, n = 49) with groundwater composition and metagenomics measurements for two sediment cores and their associated wells (n = 8) from the Yinchuan Plain in northwest China. At shallower depths, nitrate and Mn/Fe reducing sediment zones are fine textured, contain 9.

[Hydrochemical Characteristics and Possible Controls of Groundwater in the Xialatuo Basin Section of the Xianshui River].

In order to study the characteristics of groundwater chemistry and groundwater flow system in the Xianshui River fault zone, samples of precipitation, surface water, groundwater, and hot spring samples in the Xialatuo Basin were collected and tested. Through the test data, the main ions and the sources of recharge were analyzed by means of ionic relations, correlation analysis, Gibbs plot, Piper triangular diagrams, and saturation index. The groundwater recharge sources in the basin were studied using combined hydrogen and oxygen isotope information.

[Seasonal Variations in River Water Chemical Weathering and Its Influence Factors in the Malian River Basin].

In order to discern temporal variations, sources, and controlling factors of river water chemistry in the Malian River Basin, time series samples were collected from the Yuluoping hydrological station in 2016. The compositions of major cations and anions were analyzed and a forward model was used to calculate the weathering rates of evaporite, silicate, and carbonate. Results showed that river water was brackish with average total dissolved solids of 1154.

Distribution, formation and human-induced evolution of geogenic contaminated groundwater in China: A review.

The sustainability of groundwater usage faces quality problem caused by anthropogenic activity as well as geogenic contamination. With varied climate zones, geomorphology and geological background, China faces a variety of geogenic contaminated groundwater (GCG) reported known as high TDS, Fe, Mn, As, F, I, NH, U, Cr and low I, Se, etc., may still exist some others not fully known yet.

Sulfur Cycling-Related Biogeochemical Processes of Arsenic Mobilization in the Western Hetao Basin, China: Evidence from Multiple Isotope Approaches.

The role of sulfur cycling in arsenic behavior under reducing conditions is not well-understood in previous investigations. This study provides observations of sulfur and oxygen isotope fractionation in sulfate and evaluation of sulfur cycling-related biogeochemical processes controlling dissolved arsenic groundwater concentrations using multiple isotope approaches. As a typical basin hosting high arsenic groundwater, the western Hetao basin was selected as the study area.

Occurrence and hydrogeochemical characteristics of high-fluoride groundwater in Xiji County, southern part of Ningxia Province, China.

High-F(-) groundwater is widely distributed in Xiji County, which endangers the safety of drinking water. In order to evaluate the key factors controlling the origin and geochemical mechanisms of F(-) enrichment in groundwater at Xiji County, one hundred and five groundwater samples and sixty-two sediment samples were collected. Fluoride concentration in the groundwater samples ranged from 0.