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Influence of natural and anthropogenic factors on sulphate concentration in the Quaternary groundwater

  • Identification: IAA3060102 - Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
  • Duration: 2001 - 2005
  • Principal investigator: Ing. Libuše Ďurďová
  • Co-investigator: Doc. Ing. Jaroslav Hlaváč CSc. (Technical University Brno)

Subject of research

Project is focused on investigation of causes of sulphate concentration increase in groundwater of Quaternary sediments. Sulphate cencentration increase from 60 mg/l in the 60ď to current 300-500 mg/l is a part of groundwater chemistry changes in areas with large water resources for supply. Program of the project is to evaluate previous (1960-2000) and contemporaty (2001-05) sulphate concentration increase in groundwater in dependence on chemistry changes of ground and surface water and precipitation. Works in field (water level measurement, water sampling) and chemical analyses will be source of data for evaluation of relationships in time and space. Factor analysis will be applied. The investigation will assess the influence of exploitation and changes of hydrological (ground and surface water level, water flow direction), hydrogeological, geological, meteorological, microbiological and other conditions on changes of sulphates concentration and changes of content of isotope 34 S.

Research Goal

It was verified, sulphate reactions with rock and well cases form hydrophobic colloids ( com- position as FeS2) and hydrophilic colloids (min. 50% Al2O3) containing E-Keggin, in which was found elemental Al with fibers of alloy of Al, Fe, Si (1:1:1).