Publications by authors named "Yin-Zhu Zhou"

To explore the changes in groundwater hydrochemistry and its source influence in the low water level period of the southern oasis area of Gaochang District, Turpan City before and after the management of groundwater overexploitation, based on 12 groups of water samples in 2016 (three groups of unconfined water, nine groups of confined water) and 18 groups of water samples in 2023 (five groups of unconfined water, thirteen groups of confined water), mathematical statistics, hydrochemical diagraph, hydrogen and oxygen isotope means, and an absolute principle component-multiple linear regression (APCS-MLR) model were used to analyze the changes and sources of groundwater hydrochemistry. The results showed that due to the dynamic conditions of groundwater, the dominant cation changed from Na to Ca, and the anion changed from HCO to SO. The dominant cation of confined water changed from Ca to Na, and the dominant anion remained unchanged as SO.

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Article Synopsis
  • * In 2023, researchers collected 46 water samples to analyze the chemical characteristics, revealing that the water is generally weakly alkaline and shows high boron levels, with significant rates of exceeding recommended limits in both river and groundwater.
  • * The study identified main sources contributing to the boron levels as agricultural practices, geological influences, and unidentified factors, highlighting the need for monitoring and management strategies to address water quality issues in the basin.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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