Effects of land use on groundwater quality, with an emphasis on the major cations and anions, case study of islamshar county

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zahra farzanehdizaj ¹ , zahra zanganesirdardi ² , toraj nasrabadi ³ , mojtaba sayadi ⁴

1 - دانش آموخته کارشناسی ارشد مهندسی محیط زیست (آب و فاضلاب)، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد تهران غرب
2 - مدرس گروه مهندسی عمران، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد اسلامشهر
3 - استادیار دانشکده محیط زیست، دانشگاه تهران
4 - رییس گروه تحقیقات شرکت آب و فاضلاب روستایی استان تهران

Received: 2016-10-17 Accepted : 2016-10-17 Published : 2015-09-23

Keywords: Water Quality, Salinity, Ground water, Islamshahr, land of use,

Abstract :

Underground water resources in many regions of the world are the most important factor to create cities, and life in many areas depends on these waters. Also, in Islamshahr city, water supply of this area is ground water. Among 26 active wells in the rural part of city, by considering distribution of agricultural, residential and industrial areas, slope of the land (north west to south east), dispersion wells, having well’s information during 10 years and considering all Islamshar area, 14 wells were selected to study. The objective of this study is to evaluate the land use on the quality of water and study of process of changes on drinking water quality parameters in this area by using AqQa software, and GIS during 10 years (1385-1394). After study different elements and components of water and prepare their quality maps and determine the general trends of changes, it was known in the north west area, south west and south areas, most of chemical parameters of water have maximum concentration that in some cases these amounts are more than the limit set. Particularly for some elements like EC and TDS is more tangible. Finally, the study showed Geological structure, agricultural activities, Urban Development and population density are the most effective factors on the quality of ground water in Islamshahr city.