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Ground‐Water Quality Changes During Exploitation
Author(s) -
Blaszyk Tadeusz,
Gorski Josef
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
groundwater
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1745-6584
pISSN - 0017-467X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1981.tb03434.x
Subject(s) - manganese , sulfur , sulfate , solubility , groundwater , chemistry , environmental chemistry , water quality , catalysis , oxygen , inorganic chemistry , calcium , geology , organic chemistry , ecology , geotechnical engineering , biology
Considerable changes in water quality have been observed in ground water pumped from wells in quaternary formations in Poland. These changes include increases in dissolved calcium, sulfate, iron and manganese. Experimental results indicate that dissolved‐solids' increases are influenced by the introduction of oxygen into the hydrogeochemical environment during pumping. The oxidation of sulfur compounds produces acid, which increases the solubility of numerous chemical compounds. Bacterial catalysis of some reactions is indicated.