Karst Spring Protection for the Sustainable and Healthy Living: The Examples of Niangziguan Spring and Shuishentang Spring in Shanxi, China

He, Xiaodong; Wu, Jianhua; Guo, Wenyu

doi:10.1007/s12403-018-00295-4

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“…Generally, the springs with low discharge are more susceptible to human impact than the springs with high discharge, as the low discharge rate may lead to the longer residence of pollutants in the karst network. Conversely, a high discharge rate shortens the contact time between water and host rocks and reduces the probability of major and trace elements as well as pollutants leaching in the water [ 34 ]. Based on the quality status of the studied springs, there was no indication of the influence of the discharge rate on the water quality status.…”

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Health Risk Assessment in Southern Carpathians Small Rural Communities Using Karst Springs as a Drinking Water Source

Moldovan

Török

Mirea

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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The chemical quality of waters from eight karst springs from the Southern Carpathians and the health risk of small rural communities using these springs as a drinking water source were assessed. The results indicated that the spring waters in the studied area are chemically suitable to be used as drinking water and pose no health risks for adults and children. The spring water can be generally described as having circumneutral pH, Ca-Mg-HCO3− facies, excellent to good palatability, and low trace metal and nitrate content. The variation of chemical parameters between spring and autumn was low. These springs could become appropriate drinking water sources for the neighboring rural communities after the assessment of their microbiological status and, if it is the case, proper water treatment. Moreover, periodic monitoring of the water’s chemical parameters, mostly nitrates, as well as the establishment of a protected area near the springs to prevent the negative impact of anthropogenic sources on water quality is recommended.

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Health Risk Assessment in Southern Carpathians Small Rural Communities Using Karst Springs as a Drinking Water Source

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Mirea

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“…The Yellow River Basin is of strategic importance. A number of water quality studies have been performed by Chinese researchers (Chen et al 2018 ; He and Wu 2019 ; He et al 2019 , 2021a ; Ji et al 2020 ; Liu et al 2020a , b ; Su et al 2018 , 2020 ; Wu et al 2020 ; Zhang et al 2020a ). These studies show that the water quality in the Yellow River Basin is generally good, and the overall water quality of the Yellow River has gradually improved, which shows that China’s ecological civilization construction has achieved remarkable results in the Yellow River Basin.…”

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Sustainable water resources development and management in large river basins: an introduction

Wang

et al. 2022

Environ Earth Sci

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Water resources are important in large basins which are important places for human habitation and industrial and agricultural development. The background of editing this thematic issue was introduced and the general water resources situation and water quality status in four major large river basins in the Asian and African continents were briefly summarized to give readers general pictures of water resources development and management in these basins, and these large river basins are the Yellow River Basin, the Yangtze River Basin, the Indus Basin, and the Nile Basin. The thematic issue papers were classified into four clustered topical categories, and the main points of the papers in this thematic issue were summarized. Finally, the perspectives of future sustainable water resources development and management in large river basins were proposed.

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“…Climate change is one of the critical factors that causes spring discharge attenuation) He et al 2019(.Statistical relationships between turbidity and geological features in karst springs are highly site-speci c and need to be locally calibrated for each karst basin (White et al 2018). Water level of the spring acts as a natural piezometer, and also provides information about the overall dynamics of the system.…”

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Investigation of Drainage Structures In The Karst Aquifer System Through Turbidity Anomaly, Hydro Geochemical And Stable Isotope Analyzes (Kiyan Springs, Western Iran)

Kiyani

Esmaili

Alijani

et al. 2021

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Karst aquifers typically have desirable physicochemical properties and can provide an important source of groundwater for drinking. Kiyan karst springs, located in the geological region of the Zagros (western Iran), consist of two springs (Keder and Zolal) situated 3 meters apart. The water of Zolal spring is always clear, with no turbidity during rainfall or earthquake phenomena, but Keder spring, which also provides drinking water to a city of 10,000 inhabitants (Kiyan city), has very high turbidity in these conditions, and this disrupts the drinking water supply for about 1 month per year in the study area. The interpretation of discharge time series diagrams, precipitation, and turbidity in different rainfall and earthquake conditions, composite diagrams, and stable isotope concentrations shows this study area to be a well-developed karst environment with ahighlyeroded tectonic zone and large karst conduits along with turbulent water flow. In general, the difference in the behavior of the two springs is related to different paths of water movement through the drainage area.The two springs share the same source of recharge from rainfall and the same initial underground drainage path from the largest sinkhole in the region; although the path of water movementis divided into two branches, with Zolal spring water entering a narrower fault channel. In the Zolal spring pathway, a siphon-shaped reservoir is formed where muddy rainwatersettles, so that the water from this spring is clear but hashigher concentrations of all ions analyzed here than Keder spring water.

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Karst Spring Protection for the Sustainable and Healthy Living: The Examples of Niangziguan Spring and Shuishentang Spring in Shanxi, China

Cited by 42 publications

References 40 publications

Health Risk Assessment in Southern Carpathians Small Rural Communities Using Karst Springs as a Drinking Water Source

Health Risk Assessment in Southern Carpathians Small Rural Communities Using Karst Springs as a Drinking Water Source

Sustainable water resources development and management in large river basins: an introduction

Investigation of Drainage Structures In The Karst Aquifer System Through Turbidity Anomaly, Hydro Geochemical And Stable Isotope Analyzes (Kiyan Springs, Western Iran)

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