Nitrate mass balance in agricultural areas of intensive fertilizer application: the North Maresme aquifer system case study (Spain)

dc.creatorHERNANDEZ ESPRIU, JOSE ANTONIO; 130255
dc.creatorDomínguez Mariani, Eloísa; 79445
dc.creatorREYNA GUTIERREZ, JOSE ANTONIO; 400470
dc.creatormartinez-santos, pedro;#0000-0003-2014-4063
dc.creatorSANCHEZ LEON, EDUARDO EMILIO; 359099
dc.creatorMARIN STILLMAN, LUIS ERNESTO; 10350
dc.creatorHERNANDEZ ESPRIU, JOSE ANTONIO
dc.creatorDomínguez Mariani, Eloísa
dc.creatorREYNA GUTIERREZ, JOSE ANTONIO
dc.creatorMartínez-Santos, Pedro
dc.creatorSANCHEZ LEON, EDUARDO EMILIO
dc.creatorMARIN STILLMAN, LUIS ERNESTO
dc.date2018-03-07T17:28:15Z
dc.date2018-03-07T17:28:15Z
dc.date2013
dc.identifierhttp://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=94348265005
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11799/78868
dc.descriptionAbstract Nitrate pollution is a worldwide problem in groundwater, as it may limit water supply and increase health risk when high concen - trations are present. The North Maresme coastal alluvial groundwater-dependent agrosystem, one of the most heavily nitrate polluted aquifers in Spain, is located 70 km northeast from Barcelona. Field monitoring campaigns performed in this aquifer yielded nitrate concentrations up to ten times the permitted limit for drinking water suggested by the World Health Organization (50 mg/l), with a maximum concentration of 567 mg/l and a mean of 137.5 mg/l. Nitrate contamination was quantified by means of a mass balance, taking into account the main hydrogeological and anthropogenic processes that control the behavior of this ion in the aquifer, such as recharge, groundwater extraction, irrigation and fertilizer application to crops. Nitrate balance is an integrative approach for assessing nitrate loading based on linking different sources of nitrates to a groundwater balance. This methodology considers nitrate as a conser - vative ion because the geological-geochemical medium behaves under oxidant conditions. Results show that the studied aquifer system receives, yields and retains approximately 935, 844 and 91 tons of NO 3 - /year, respectively. This methodology can be applied to other nitrate-contaminated aquifers with similar conditions to improve management of fertilizers practices in areas of intensive agriculture.
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherSociedad Geológica Mexicana, A.C.
dc.relationhttp://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=943
dc.rightsBoletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
dc.sourceBoletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana (México) Num.1 Vol.65
dc.subjectCiencias de la Tierra
dc.subjectKeywords nitrate mass balance
dc.subjectnitrate contamination
dc.subjectgroundwater balance
dc.subjectfertilizers
dc.subjectMaresme
dc.subjectCiencias de la Tierra
dc.subjectKeywords nitrate mass balance
dc.subjectnitrate contamination
dc.subjectgroundwater balance
dc.subjectfertilizers
dc.subjectMaresme
dc.subjectCIENCIAS FÍSICO MATEMÁTICAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA
dc.titleNitrate mass balance in agricultural areas of intensive fertilizer application: the North Maresme aquifer system case study (Spain)
dc.typeArtículo
dc.typeArtículo
dc.typearticle


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