Groundwater is an important water supply source for production and life in arid and semi-arid areas. This study revealed the hydrochemical characteristics of groundwater in the Barkol-Yiwu Basin of Xinjiang and analyzed the pollution sources, which is of great significance in the sustainable utilization of local groundwater. Four spring water samples, 20 unconfined groundwater samples, and 11 confined groundwater samples collected in August 2022 were analyzed using mathematical statistics, a graphic method, and the PCA-APCS-MLR model. The results showed that the chemical types of groundwater in the study area were complex and diverse. The spring water was mainly HCO3·SO4-Na·Ca type groundwater, the chemical types of unconfined groundwater were mainly HCO3·SO4-Na·Ca and HCO3·SO4-Ca, and the chemical types of confined groundwater were HCO3·SO4-Na·Ca and HCO3·Cl·SO4-Na·Ca. The hydrochemical type of confined water in unused land was single(Cl·SO4-Na·Ca), and the hydrochemical types of confined groundwater in cultivated land and urban and rural residential land were complex, indicating that groundwater was affected by human activities. The evolution process of groundwater was mainly affected by water-rock interactions and cationic exchange. The cation exchange from spring water to unconfined groundwater to confined groundwater was gradually enhanced, the weathering and dissolution of gypsum and anhydrite was gradually weakened, and the weathering and dissolution of rock salt was gradually strengthened. Leaching-enrichment(mainly the dissolution of evaporite), human activities(industrial, agricultural, and domestic pollution), and the primary geological environment were the main factors affecting groundwater in the study area.
This study revealed the distribution characteristics and formation mechanism of groundwater salinization in the plain area of the lower Kashgar River in Xinjiang, which can provide scientific basis for a local sustainable groundwater exploitation plan and practical significance for local water supply security and social stability. Fifteen phreatic water samples, 38 shallow confined groundwater samples, and 16 deep confined groundwater samples were collected in September 2018. Mathematical statistics, a Duorv diagram, PCA-APCS-MLR model, ion ratios, and hydrogeochemical simulations were comprehensively used for sample analysis. The results showed that groundwater was weakly alkaline in general (pH ranged between 6.48 and 8.60 with an average of 7.57), with total dissolved solids (TDS) ranging from 573.0 to 16700.0 mg·L-1. Groundwater was mainly composed of Cl-, SO42-, Na+, and Ca2+. The main groundwater hydrochemical types included were HCO3·SO4·Cl, SO4, and SO4·Cl. No brine was observed in the study area, phreatic water was mainly composed of brackish water and saline water, and confined groundwater was mainly composed of saline water. The salinization coefficient calculation results showed that the salinization degree gradually increased from phreatic water to deep confined groundwater. Evaporation concentration and lixiviation were the main factors leading to the salinization of groundwater. The dissolution and cation exchange of carbonate and silicate rocks gradually weakened from phreatic water to deep confined groundwater, whereas the dissolution of evaporite rock always dominated and was gradually strengthened, which was also the primary factor that caused the salinity of deep groundwater to be higher than that of shallow groundwater. Human activities such as agricultural fertilization, unreasonable use of surface water for irrigation, and improper treatment of domestic sewage had a certain impact on groundwater salinization. The leaking recharge of salt water from adjacent aquifers aggravated the groundwater salinization.
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