A study on monitoring of nitrogen (N) leaching was conducted in acidsulfate clayey soil in the central region of Thailand. The objective was to measure the N leaching to shallow groundwater from a tropical paddy field to assess the consequences of agricultural management practices. Mass balance approach was used to estimate the contribution of nitrogen fertilizer to the water environment. The N...

background: groundwater is the most important source of water supply in industries and agricultures; therefore the need to protect this valuable resource against pollution is felt more than ever. in this study, the possible impact of yazd municipal solid waste landfill was investigated on the chemical quality of the area’s groundwater. methods: groundwater samples were collected from three well...

In Estonia there is the largest industrially-used oil-shale basin in the world. This review addresses the environmental hazard of the waste streams of oilshale industry via solid wasteand water-path, mainly focusing on ecotoxicological risk due to open semicoke deposition inducing hazard to surrounding soils and groundwater. This is the first comprehensive ecotoxicological review of available d...

One of the most important resources for drinking water is groundwater. Recently, the quality of groundwater has been endangered due to several reasons, including human activities, vast agricultural activities, and the discharge of industrial wastewater containing nitrogen (N) and heavy metals. For this study we investigated the values of NO3, NO2, and some heavy metals and analyzed the groundwa...