Evaluating the main sources of groundwater pollution in the southern Tehran aquifer using principal component factor analysis.

Abstract:

:Determining the main sources of pollution (MSP) in groundwater is crucial to improve water quality (WQ) status. Field studies were conducted in this research, where five sampling campaigns were carried out from 36 wells in the southern Tehran aquifer. In all samples, WQ parameters were measured and evaluated regarding the Iranian drinking water standard (IDWS). Finally, by using the principal component factor analysis (PCFA), the probable MSP in the aquifer were determined. The results showed that all ions, total hardness, and total dissolved solids were above the IDWS. To analyze the PCFA results, only the first four of twenty rotated principal factors (RPFs) that conserved a high percentage of the variance of the data (about 90%) were considered. The results of the first PRF revealed that the geological structure was the MSP in the aquifer. Furthermore, the second RPF was mainly affected by nutrients (nitrate and orthophosphate) and microbial parameters (fecal and total coliforms), indicating the importance of agricultural activities and sewage effluents as another MSP in the aquifer. Finally, the remarkable share of heavy metals and pH in formation of the third and fourth RPFs, respectively, reflected the role of industrial activities as a probable MSP of groundwater.

journal_name

Environ Geochem Health

authors

Ghahremanzadeh H,Noori R,Baghvand A,Nasrabadi T

doi

10.1007/s10653-017-0058-8

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-08-01 00:00:00

pages

1317-1328

issue

4

eissn

0269-4042

issn

1573-2983

pii

10.1007/s10653-017-0058-8

journal_volume

40

pub_type

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