The study of environmental effects of chemical fertilizers and domestic sewage on water quality of Taft region, Central Iran

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Taher Farhadinejad
Ahmad Khakzad
Mohamadreza Jafari
Ziaodin Shoaee
Khosro Khosrotehrani
Rasol Nobari
Vahid Shahrokhi
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[1] Islamic Azad University,Department of Geology, Science and Research Branch
[2] Islamic Azad University,Department of Geology
[3] Geological Survey,Department of Geology
[4] Department of Medical Geology,undefined
[5] Islamic Azad University,undefined
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Arabian Journal of Geosciences | 2014年 / 7卷
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Taft; Nitrate; Nitrite; Iran; Fertilizer; WHO; EPA;
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One of the important indicators to show the quality of water for drinking and irrigation is nitrate values in water and soil. Nitrate enters surface water and groundwater through degradation and decomposition of human and animal wastes, industrial productions, and agricultural runoff. The present paper focuses on the concentration of nitrite (NO2−1) and nitrate (NO3−1) of the groundwater in Taft region, Central Iran. Sixty-one samples of the region’s aqueducts, wells, and springs were collected in September 2008 and May 2009 and analyzed by ICP-MS method. However, distribution maps of nitrate and nitrite and their frequency diagram in the pertinent samples have been generated. Then, they were compared to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and WHO international standards. The mean of nitrate content measured in the samples was 18.52 mg/l, maximum was 115 mg/l which is higher than the EPA standard (i.e., 10 mg/l), and the mean of nitrite content was about 0.06 mg/l. According to the distribution maps, concentration of these anions is high in the downstream of settlements and farmlands of Taft region. With respect to the penetration of agricultural wastes, flooding irrigation, thin layer of alluvium, sandy texture, and the amount of fertilizer consumed in the region, and also absence of any natural source for these anions and absence of the major industrial activities in the region to produce sewage, it seems that nitrate and nitrite originated from the agricultural sewage and human waste. As the content of nitrate in drinking water in the region is higher than WHO and EPA standards, so there is the risk of methemoglobinemia disease in infants. In addition, nitrate content within the stomach and lungs interacts with amine and nitrosamines are made up which are potentially the initial cause of all cancers in human.
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