Assessment of the effects of COVID-19 lockdown period on groundwater quality of a significant rice land in an urban area of Türkiye.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
; 29(47): 71752-71765, 2022 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1859092
ABSTRACT
In the current research, the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown period on groundwater quality of Lower Meriç Plain (Thrace Region of Türkiye) was evaluated. Some significant nutrient characteristics (NO3-, NO2-, and PO43-), salinity characteristics (EC, TDS, and salinity), and physical characteristics (temperature, DO, pH, and turbidity) were investigated in groundwater samples collected from 45 sampling points in pre-lockdown and lockdown periods. Water quality index (WQI) and nutrient pollution index (NPI), Pearson correlation index (PCI), cluster analysis (CA), one-way ANOVA test (OWAT), and factor analysis (FA) were applied to assess ecological risk. Excluding recorded statistical differences in temperature and DO due to climatic conditions (p < 0.05), levels of all the investigated water quality parameters show no statistically significant differences and no significant reduction in pollutants measured in the lockdown period. On the contrary, the WQI and NPI scores have increased between the rates of 4.76-27.10% during the lockdown period. In the lockdown period, although the reduction of industry or limited production of many industrial facilities reduced the inorganic contaminant releases to the environment, ongoing agricultural activities and domestic wastes caused to prevent the reduction of organic pollutants in groundwater of the region during the lockdown period.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Oryza
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Water Pollutants, Chemical
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Groundwater
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
Journal subject:
Environmental Health
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Toxicology
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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