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Chemical and ecological quality of water and bottom sediments in small rivers of Belgorod oblast

Belgorod Oblast has limited water resources. The paper explores the chemical and ecological characteristics of water and bottom sediments in the Oskol River tributaries. In samples of water taken from small rivers, Maximum Allowable Concentrations (MAC) for pollutants was excessive, including suspen...

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Published in:IOP conference series. Earth and environmental science 2021-10, Vol.867 (1), p.12045
Main Authors: Oliva, T V, Kolesnichenko, E Yu, Solovyova, A E, Oliva, L V
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Language:English
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Summary:Belgorod Oblast has limited water resources. The paper explores the chemical and ecological characteristics of water and bottom sediments in the Oskol River tributaries. In samples of water taken from small rivers, Maximum Allowable Concentrations (MAC) for pollutants was excessive, including suspended matter, ammonium ions, nitrite ions, phosphate ions, BOD5 and mineral elements. A hydrochemical water pollution index (WPI6) ranges from 1.0 to 1.9, which characterizes water bodies in the categories from clean to moderately polluted watercourses. A comparatively high WPI6 index is recorded in summer for the Kotel River – 1.4, for the Belenkaya River – 2.3, which is attributed to a high concentration of ammonium ions, nitrites and phosphates found to be present in the water. This indicates recent pollution and a changing trophic status of the reservoir. The amount of metals in river water exceeds the MAC norms: for iron – 1.7 -6 MAC; for copper – 1.6 - 8 MAC; for manganese – 0.8 - 22 MAC; for zinc – 1.9 - 9.9 MAC. Concentrations of micronutrients are subject to significant seasonal fluctuations. No excess of lead is found to be present in surface waters. In the samples of bottom sediments taken from the Oskol River tributaries, no excess of MAC values is found, except for lead (1.1 - 2.9 MAC), manganese (1.6 - 2.2 MAC), copper (1.2 - 1.6 MAC) and phosphate ions (1.3 - 2.3 MAC). It is obvious that the sources of pollution for small rivers are runoffs from agricultural land, livestock farms and household wastewater of nearby settlements.
ISSN:1755-1307
1755-1315
DOI:10.1088/1755-1315/867/1/012045