Groundwater quality, health risk, and major influencing factors in the lower Beiluo River watershed of northwest China

Li, Yanlin; Li, Peiyue; Cui, Xinghan; He, Song

doi:10.1080/10807039.2021.1940834

Cited by 59 publications

(17 citation statements)

References 68 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Non-carcinogenic risk through oral intake pathway (HQ o ) can be evaluated according to the following formulae Li et al 2021c):…”

Section: Health Risk Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Occurrence and Distribution of Groundwater Fluoride and Manganese in the Weining Plain (China) and Their Probabilistic Health Risk Quantification

Liu

et al. 2021

Expo Health

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In this paper, the spatial distribution of fluoride (F -) and manganese (Mn) in groundwater was described and the overall groundwater quality was assessed with the entropy weight water quality index (EWQI) in Weining Plain, northwest China. The probabilistic health risk of Fand Mn in groundwater was assessed by the Monte Carlo stochastic simulation method. The results show that 50 groundwater samples (a total of 144) belong to poor and very poor quality because of agricultural activities, industrial development, and the local hydrogeological conditions. Groundwater quality in the upper reaches of the Yellow River is better than that in the lower reaches. The average health risks faced by children and adults are 4.59 and 0.62, respectively. If the uncertainty of the model parameters are considered, the mean risks faced by children and adults are 6.84 and 0.92, respectively, indicating that the health risk to residents, especially children, cannot be ignored. Compared with dermal contact, drinking water intake is the main exposure way to harm residents' health. Fcontributed higher to the health risk than Mn, and children face greater risk than adults. Stochastic simulation can reflect health risks more comprehensively than the deterministic methods. The study results are helpful for decision makers to take measures for the safe supply of drinking water in the study area.

show abstract

“…Non-carcinogenic risk through oral intake pathway (HQ o ) can be evaluated according to the following formulae Li et al 2021c):…”

Section: Health Risk Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Occurrence and Distribution of Groundwater Fluoride and Manganese in the Weining Plain (China) and Their Probabilistic Health Risk Quantification

Liu

et al. 2021

Expo Health

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Environmental isotope analysis has been widely used in hydrogeological research. Measuring hydrogen and oxygen isotope levels is an effective method for ascertaining the origin and migration of water and other fluids circulating within the Earth (Tiwari et al, 2020;Li et al, 2021;Sasaki et al, 2021;Duan et al, 2022). Evaporation and precipitation can result in significant discrepancies in the isotopic composition of the mass of water molecules (Li et al, 2021;Duan et al, 2022).…”

Section: δD and δ 18 O Stable Isotope Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Measuring hydrogen and oxygen isotope levels is an effective method for ascertaining the origin and migration of water and other fluids circulating within the Earth (Tiwari et al, 2020;Li et al, 2021;Sasaki et al, 2021;Duan et al, 2022). Evaporation and precipitation can result in significant discrepancies in the isotopic composition of the mass of water molecules (Li et al, 2021;Duan et al, 2022). The δD and δ 18 O values of freshwater and seawater in Weihai vary significantly from place to place, while the isotope levels in the river and thermal water were similar (Table 2).…”

Section: δD and δ 18 O Stable Isotope Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Hydrogeochemical characteristics and genesis of Hongshuilantang Hot Spring and its water temperature anomalies during the Rushan earthquake swarm in Eastern China

Chang

et al. 2023

Front. Earth Sci.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Water temperatures of hot springs close to tectonic fault zones often show some variations before earthquakes, and analyses of earthquake precursors in hot springs have significant referential meaning for earthquake monitoring and forecasting. This study measured the concentration of major ions in water from the Hongshuilantang Hot Spring in 2017 and 2020. The ion composition was classified by hydrochemistry into the HCO3·SO4-Na chemical type. The composition of hydrogen and oxygen isotopes in the Hongshuilantang Hot Spring were located near the global meteoric water line (GMWL), indicating that the recharge source of the hot spring was meteoric water. The δD and δ18O values were not plotted on the Glogal Meteroric Water Line (GMWL), and there were some deviations, which suggested that hot spring water underwent water–rock interactions. Deep circulation water played an important role during the evolution process of thermal water. Water temperature showed a decreasing trend from October 2013 to June 2015 during the Rushan earthquake swarm in eastern China. Because of the occurrence of the earthquake swarm, we inferred that regional stress in this area began to be released, allowing continuous rebalancing. Free surface water appeared in some aquifers, and the seepage of low-temperature underground water into the upper aquifer led to a drop in water temperature in the hot spring. The Hongshuilantang Hot Spring and the epicenter of the Rushan earthquake swarm were located on the Muping–Jimo seismological fault zone, with the same seismotectonic system and some genesis relationships.

show abstract

“…High As groundwater has been reported as one of the most serious geological environmental issues facing the international community [1,2]. Drinking contaminated water such as high-As groundwater can directly jeopardize human health [3][4][5][6][7][8], which has aroused great interest from a wide range of organizations in the international community and numerous national government agencies [9,10]. Endemic arsenic poisoning attributed to drinking high-As groundwater has frequently occurred worldwide in places such as India, Bangladesh, Vietnam and Thailand in Asia, Germany, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Italy, and The United Kingdom in Europe, and the United States and Canada in America [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Hydrochemical Characteristics of Arsenic in Shallow Groundwater in Various Unconsolided Sediment Aquifers: A Case Study in Hetao Basin in Inner Mongolia, China

Cai

Liu

et al. 2022

Water

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In this study, the focus was placed on the entire Hetao Basin that could fall into four hydrogeological units, i.e., Houtao Plain, Sanhuhe Plain, Hubao Plain, and South Bank Plain of Yellow River, which are under different geological and environmental conditions. To systematically investigate the hydrochemical characteristic and spatial distribution of high As groundwater (As >10 μg/L), 974 samples were collected from shallow groundwater. As indicated from the results, high As groundwater had an extensive distribution, and its spatial distribution in the four hydrogeological units exhibited significant variability. Three concentrated distribution areas were reported with high As groundwater, which were all in the discharge areas of groundwater, and the arsenic contents in groundwater was found to exceed 50 μg/L. The hydrochemical types of high As groundwater in the HT Plain and the SHH Plain consisted of HCO3 SO4·Cl by anions and Na by cations, while those in the other two plains included HCO3 by anions as well as Na·Mg·Ca by cations. According to the pH values, the groundwater was weakly alkaline in the areas with high As groundwater, and arsenic primarily existed as arsenite. Furthermore, high As groundwater in the Hetao Basin was characterized by high contents of Fe (mean value of 2.77 mg/L) and HCO3- (mean value of 460 mg/L) and a low relative concentration of SO42- (average value of 310 mg/L). This study did not identify any significant correlation in groundwater arsenic and other ions (e.g., Fe2+, Fe3+, HCO3-, SO42-, NO2- and NO3-) in the entire Hetao Basin and a wide range of hydrogeological units. The results remained unchanged after the four hydrogeological units were analyzed. The special sedimentary environment evolution of Hetao basin was found as the prerequisite for the formation of high arsenic groundwater. Furthermore, groundwater runoff conditions and hydrogeochemical processes in the basin were indicated as the factors controlling the formation of high arsenic groundwater.

show abstract

Groundwater quality, health risk, and major influencing factors in the lower Beiluo River watershed of northwest China

Cited by 59 publications

References 68 publications

Occurrence and Distribution of Groundwater Fluoride and Manganese in the Weining Plain (China) and Their Probabilistic Health Risk Quantification

Occurrence and Distribution of Groundwater Fluoride and Manganese in the Weining Plain (China) and Their Probabilistic Health Risk Quantification

Hydrogeochemical characteristics and genesis of Hongshuilantang Hot Spring and its water temperature anomalies during the Rushan earthquake swarm in Eastern China

Hydrochemical Characteristics of Arsenic in Shallow Groundwater in Various Unconsolided Sediment Aquifers: A Case Study in Hetao Basin in Inner Mongolia, China

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About