scholarly journals Creation of a groundwater quality index for an aquifer belonging to the São Francisco River Basin

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 238-246
Author(s):  
Luana Nunes Centeno ◽  
Samanta Tolentino Cecconello ◽  
Tirzah Siqueira

Entender como e onde as atividades antrópicas influenciam a qualidade da água de um aquífero é de extrema importância para o monitoramento e manejo destas, porém as ferramentas utilizadas para esse fim são escassas. O objetivo deste estudo foi criar e espacializar um índice específico de qualidade da água subterrânea para avaliar a qualidade da água de um aquífero. Assim, através de uma padronização dos dados, bem como um dimensionamento de acordo com a sua concentração ou medição para criar os sub-índices e com base na estatística multivariada, estabeleceu-se os pesos de cada uma das variáveis envolvidas neste estudo. As variáveis utilizadas neste estudo são dados secundários fornecidos pelo IGAM, coletados no ano de 2017. Além disso, após a criação deste índice, especializou-se o mesmo para visualizar as zonas que sofrem as maiores influências antrópicas. Além disso, com base no índice espacialmente criado, foi possível identificar que a área na porção mais ao norte do mapa é onde foi encontrada a melhor qualidade da água. Assim, observou-se que o nitrato é a variável mais importante neste estudo. Portanto, foi possível concluir que o índice criado é capaz de auxiliar no monitoramento e gestão dos recursos hídricos

2020 ◽  
Vol 39f (2) ◽  
pp. 256-263
Author(s):  
Satish M. Deshpande ◽  
Rupesh K. Aher ◽  
Ganesh D. Gaikwad ◽  
Kailash R. Aher

1998 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 309-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshimi Sato ◽  
Nelsy Fenerich-Verani ◽  
José Roberto Verani ◽  
Hugo Pereira Godinho ◽  
Edson Vieira Sampaio

Rhinelepis aspera is the largest Loricariidae species found in the São Francisco river basin where it is now rarely caught. Brooders kept in tanks were hypophysed with crude carp pituitary extract (CCPE). Approximately 82% of the females responded positive to the treatment. The egg was opaque, demersal, round, yellow and adhesive. Egg stripping was done at 212 hour-degrees (= 8.2 h) after application of the second dose of CCPE (water temperature = 25-26 ºC). Hatching of the larvae occurred at 1022 hour-degrees (= 42.2 h), after fertilization of the eggs (water temperature =24-25 ºC). Fertilization rate of the eggs was 72%. Absolute fecundity (AF), initial fertility (IF) and final fertility (FF) in relation to the females' body weight are expressed, respectively, by the equations: AF = - 33993 + 122308 Wt (r² = 0.88), IF = - 14823 + 58619 Wt (r² = 0.71) and FF = - 6553 + 29741 (r² = 0.61)


2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle Priscilla Correia Costa ◽  
Cassandra Moraes Monteiro ◽  
Marilia Carvalho Brasil-Sato

A total of 103 specimens of Hoplias intermedius (Günther, 1864) and 86 specimens of H. malabaricus (Bloch, 1794) from the upper São Francisco River, State of Minas Gerais were collected between April 2011 and August 2013, and their parasitic fauna were investigated. Four species of Digenea were found: metacercariae of Austrodiplostomum sp., and Ithyoclinostomum sp.; and adult specimens of Phyllodistomum spatula Odhner, 1902, and Pseudosellacotyla lutzi (Freitas, 1941) Yamaguti, 1954. The prevalence of the metacercariae was higher than that of the adult digeneans of erythrinids from the upper São Francisco River as a result of piscivorous feeding habits of these adult erythrinids. The presence of metacercariae and adult digeneans indicate that they act as intermediate and definitive hosts, respectively, in their biological cycles. Hoplias intermedius is a new host for the four species of Digenea, and the São Francisco River basin is a new location for the known geographical distributions of P. spatula and P. lutzi.


2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 784-792 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nastaran Khodabakhshi ◽  
Gholamreza Asadollahfardi ◽  
Nima Heidarzadeh

Pollution control and removal of pollutants from groundwater are a challenging and expensive task. The aims of this paper are to determine the aquifer vulnerability of Sefid-Dasht, in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran, using the DRASTIC model. In addition, the groundwater quality index (GQI) technique was applied to assess the groundwater quality and study the spatial variability of major ion concentrations using a geographic information system (GIS). The vulnerability index ranged from 65 to 132, classified into two classes: low and moderate vulnerability. In the southern part of the aquifer, the vulnerability was moderate. Furthermore, the results indicate that the magnitude of the GQI index varies from 92% to 95%. This means the water has a suitable quality. However, from the north to the south and southwest of the aquifer, the water quality has been deteriorating, and the highest concentration of major ions was found in the southwest of the Sefid-Dasht aquifer. A comparison of the vulnerability maps with the GQI index map indicated a poor relation between them. In the DRASTIC method, movement of groundwater is not considered and may be the reason for such inconsistency. However, the movement of groundwater can transport contaminants.


Author(s):  
Nguyen Hai Au ◽  
Tran Minh Bao ◽  
Pham Thi Tuyet Nhi ◽  
Tat Hong Minh Vy ◽  
Truong Tan Hien ◽  
...  

Groundwater in Phu My town is exploited essentially in Pleistocene aquifer and, used for many purposes like irrigation, domestic, production and animal husbandry. In this study, Groundwater Quality Index (EWQI) is calculated with Entropy weight method to determine the suitability of groundwater quality in study area. This method demonstrates the objectivity of each parameter calculated based on the degree of variability of each value and depends on the sample data source. The groundwater samples were collected from 17 wells in dry and wet seasons in 2017 with ten water quality parameters (pH, TDS, TH, Cl-, F-, NH4+-N, NO3--N, SO42-, Pb và Fe2+) were selected for analysising. The analysis results indicate groundwater quality is divided into 4 categories in this study area. In particular, over 70% of wells are "very good" water quality in both dry and wet seasons. Only 6% of wells are " water unsuitable for drinking purpose" of the total number of mornitoring wells in the study area.


2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
R. M. G. VIEIRA ◽  
C. P. DERECZYNSKI ◽  
S. C. CHOU ◽  
J. L. GOMES ◽  
A. C. PAIVA NETO

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