title: Evaluation of groundwater quality and assessment of scaling potential and corrosiveness of water samples in Kadkan aquifer, Khorasan-e-Razavi Province, Iran.
abstract: The chemical analysis of 129 groundwater samples in the Kadkan area, Khorasan-e-Razavi Province, NE of Iran was evaluated to determine the hydrochemical processes, assessment of groundwater quality for irrigation purposes, corrosiveness, and scaling potential of the groundwater. Accordingly, the suitability of groundwater for irrigation was evaluated based on the sodium adsorption ratio, residual sodium carbonate, sodium percent, salinity hazard, and US Salinity Laboratory hazard diagram. Based on the electrical conductivity and sodium adsorption ratio, the dominant classes are C3-S1, C3-S2, C2-S1, and C4-S2. According to the Wilcox plot, about 50 % of the samples fall in the "Excellent to Good" and "Good to Permissible" classes. Besides, the Langelier saturation index, Ryznar stability index (RSI), Larson-Skold index, and Puckorius scaling index were evaluated for assessing the corrosiveness and scaling potential of the groundwater. Corrosiveness and scaling indices stated that the majority of samples are classified into "Aggressive" and "Very Aggressive" category. In addition, chloride and sulfate interfere in 90 % of the samples. Assessment of hydrochemical characteristics indicates Na-Mg-Cl as the predominant hydrochemical type. Spatial distribution of hydrochemical parameters indicates that hydrochemical processes are influenced by geology and hydrogeology of Kadkan aquifer. The Gibbs plots gave an indication that groundwater chemistry in this area may have acquired the chemistry mainly from evaporation and mineral precipitation. Grouping the samples based on Q-mode hierarchical cluster analysis helped to more separation of similar samples. The R-mode HCA grouped analyzed parameters into two groups based on similarity of hydrochemical characteristics. As a result, the samples collected in northern and southern parts of the study area show the best quality (i.e., lowest salinity) for some purposes such as irrigation and drinking.
authors: Faculty of Earth Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, PO Box 19395-4716, Tehran, Iran, mostafa_esmaily@yahoo.com.
authors: Mostafa
authors: M
authors: Esmaeili-Vardanjani
authors: Iraj
authors: I
authors: Rasa
authors: Vahab
authors: V
authors: Amiri
authors: Mohammad
authors: M
authors: Yazdi
authors: Kaveh
authors: K
authors: Pazand
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D002712:Chlorides / Q000032:analysis; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D060587:Groundwater / Q000737:chemistry*; D007477:Ions / Q000032:analysis; D007492:Iran; D054712:Salinity; D013431:Sulfates / Q000032:analysis; D014881:Water Supply / Q000032:analysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D002712:Chlorides; D007477:Ions; D013431:Sulfates
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