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Water quality responses to the interaction between surface water and groundwater along the Songhua River, NE China

Authors: Yanguo Teng, Bin Hu, Jieqiong Zheng, Jinsheng Wang, Yuanzheng Zhai, Chen Zhu

Published in: Hydrogeology Journal | Issue 5/2018

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Investigation of surface water and groundwater interaction (SW–GW interaction) provides basic information for regional water-resource protection, management, and development. In this survey of a 10-km-wide area along both sides of the Songhua River, northeast China, the hydrogeochemical responses to different SW–GW interactions were studied. Three types of SW–GW interactions were identified—“recharge”, “discharge”, and “flow-through”—according to the hydraulic connection between the surface water and groundwater. The single factor index, principal component analysis, and hierarchical cluster analysis of the hydrogeochemistry and pollutant data illuminated the hydrogeochemical response to the various SW–GW interactions. Clear SW–GW interactions along the Songhua River were revealed: (1) upstream in the study area, groundwater usually discharges into the surface water, (2) groundwater is recharged by surface water downstream, and (3) discharge and flow-through coexist in between. Statistical analysis indicated that the degree of hydrogeochemical response in different types of hydraulic connection varied, being clear in recharge and flow-through modes, and less obvious in discharge mode. During the interaction process, dilution, adsorption, redox reactions, nitrification, denitrification, and biodegradation contributed to the pollutant concentration and affected hydrogeochemical response in the hyporheic zone.

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Title: Water quality responses to the interaction between surface water and groundwater along the Songhua River, NE China
Authors: Yanguo Teng
Bin Hu
Jieqiong Zheng
Jinsheng Wang
Yuanzheng Zhai
Chen Zhu
Publication date: 02-03-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Hydrogeology Journal / Issue 5/2018
Print ISSN: 1431-2174
Electronic ISSN: 1435-0157
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-018-1738-x

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