Cadmium behavior in a karst environment hydrological cycle

• Published in: Environmental science and pollution research international Vol. 27; no. 9; pp. 8965 - 8979
• Main Authors: Lucon, Thiago Nogueira, Costa, Adivane Terezinha, Galvão, Paulo, Leite, Mariangela Garcia Praça
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.03.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aquatic Pollution; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Brazil; Burning; Cadmium; Cadmium - analysis; Contamination; Depuration; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecotoxicology; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Environmental Monitoring; Environmental science; Fluid dynamics; Fluid flow; Groundwater; Hydrodynamics; Hydrologic cycle; Hydrology; Karst; Rain; Rain water; Rainfall; Rainy season; Reproduction (copying); Review Article; Surface water; Surface-groundwater relations; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Water Pollution Control; Watersheds; World population; Brazil; Natural background level; São Miguel watershed; Cadmium contamination

Karst regions are important water providers, supplying approximately 25% of the world population. These areas present higher vulnerability to contamination due to hydrodynamics, which hampers the natural depuration of these waters until reaching the underground environment. High concentrations of ca...