Comprehensive understanding of groundwater quality for domestic and agricultural purposes in terms of health risks in a coal mine area of the Ordos basin, north of the Chinese Loess Plateau

• Published in: Environmental earth sciences Vol. 78; no. 15; pp. 1 - 17
• Main Authors: Wu, Jianhua, Zhou, Hui, He, Song, Zhang, Yuxin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.08.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adults; Agricultural management; ammonium; Ammonium nitrogen; Anions; basins; bicarbonates; Biogeosciences; Calcium; Calcium ions; Carcinogens; Cations; Children; China; chlorides; Coal; Coal mines; Coal mining; Contaminants; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Environmental Science and Engineering; Fluorides; Geochemistry; Geology; Groundwater; Groundwater management; Groundwater quality; health effects assessments; Health risk assessment; Health risks; Hydrogeochemistry; Hydrology/Water Resources; Ingestion; Iron; Irrigation; Magnesium; Manganese; nitrates; nitrites; Nitrogen dioxide; Physicochemical analysis; Pollution control; potassium; Quality assessment; Quality control; Rain; Rain water; Reliability analysis; Risk; Risk assessment; Skin; sodium; Statistical analysis; Statistical methods; sulfates; Sulphates; Terrestrial Pollution; Thematic Issue; Water harvesting; Water in Large Basins; Water quality; Water quality assessments; Ordos Basin; China; Groundwater pollution; Groundwater quality; Water quality assessment; Fuzzy comprehensive assessment; Health risk assessment

Assessment of groundwater quality and health risk was conducted in the Shenfu coal mine area in Ordos basin, northwestern China. Statistical analysis, Piper and Chadha diagrams were used to reveal the hydrogeochemical characteristics of groundwater via physicochemical analysis of 44 collected sample...