FOOTPRINT AND DIRECT IMPACT OF ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES ON GROUNDWATERS FROM MEDIAS AREA

Maria-Alexandra  HOAGHIA; Cecilia  ROMAN; Erika Andrea  LEVEI; Dumitru  RISTOIU

FOOTPRINT AND DIRECT IMPACT OF ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES ON GROUNDWATERS FROM MEDIAS AREA

Authors

Maria-Alexandra HOAGHIA Research Institute for Analytical Instrumentation (INCDO-INOE 2000), Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: alexandra.hoaghia@icia.ro. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5903-1491
Cecilia ROMAN Research Institute for Analytical Instrumentation (INCDO-INOE2000), Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: cecilia.roman@icia.ro. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7838-1283
Erika Andrea LEVEI Research Institute for Analytical Instrumentation (INCDO-INOE2000), Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: erika.levei@icia.ro. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0145-0287
Dumitru RISTOIU Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Corresponding author: Corresponding author: alexandra.hoaghia@icia.ro.

Keywords:

groundwater, anthropogenic activity, chemical composition, Piper diagram, Stiff diagram

Abstract

Groundwater represents an important and direct source of fresh water, vulnerable to contamination. Groundwater composition is easily influenced by anthropogenic activities. Lack of sewerage facilities impress direct footprint on groundwater composition. Nitrogen compounds (NO₂^-, NO₃^-, NH₄⁺), SO₄^2-, K⁺, Cl^-, Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺, Na⁺, pH and total dissolved solids were analysed from seven well waters from Medias area. The results showed the seasonal variation of analysed parameters, the nitrogen compounds, K⁺ and Ca²⁺exceeding the maximum admissible concentration in the majority of samples. The Stiff and Piper diagrams confirmed that the studied waters are Ca-HCO₃ type and have the same sources.

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STUDIA UBB CHEMIA, Volume 60 (LX), No. 1, March 2015

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2015-03-30

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HOAGHIA, M.-A. ., ROMAN, C. ., LEVEI, E. A. ., & RISTOIU, D. . (2015). FOOTPRINT AND DIRECT IMPACT OF ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES ON GROUNDWATERS FROM MEDIAS AREA. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Chemia, 60(1), 109–118. Retrieved from https://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/chemia/article/view/8408