Nitrate pollution of ground waters from shallow basaltic aquifers,Deccan Trap Hydrologic Province,India |
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| Authors: | N J Pawar I J Shaikh |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Geology and School of Environmental Sciences, University of Poona, 411 007 Pune, India;(2) Department of Geology, Poona College, 411001 Pune, India |
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| Abstract: | Analyses of groundwater samples collected from several locations in a small watershed of the Deccan Trap Hydrologic Province, indicated anomalously higher values of nitrate than the background. However, the NO3 concentrations in water from dug wells under pastureland where the subsurface material consisted of stony waste were minimum. The maximum values were reported for water from dug wells where the principal land use was agricultural. Lowering of NO3 values under shallow water-table conditions suggests denitrification. Higher concentrations of nitrate determined for samples collected from the wells with a deeper water-table indicate that denitrification process is inactive. The high values of nitrate coinciding with agricultural land use indicate fertilizers as the main source of nitrate pollution of ground-water. Decrease in Cl/NO3 ratio for agricultural land use confirms this inference. |
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| Keywords: | Nitrate Groundwater Basaltic aquifer Land use |
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