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Hydrogeochemical assessment of groundwater quality during dry and rainy seasons for the two main aquifers in Hanoi, Vietnam

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Groundwater from the Holocene unconfined aquifer (HUA) and Pleistocene confined aquifer (PCA) is the major source of drinking and domestic water in Hanoi, Vietnam. A clear understanding of the groundwater hydrogeochemical properties, particularly their changes during the dry and rainy seasons, is invaluable for the management and protection of this important water resource. In this study, the changes in the hydrogeochemical properties of groundwater during the dry and rainy seasons were investigated by analyzing the major ions (Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+, K+, HCO3 −, SO4 2−, Cl−) that were recently obtained in 2011 from 13 conjunctive sampling wells for HUA and PCA in Hanoi. The hydrogeochemical assessment was carried out using the Piper and Gibbs diagrams. Based on the results, at least 30 % of the sampling wells in both aquifers exhibited changes in the hydrogeochemical facies during the dry and rainy seasons. Most of the changes occurred for the cation-type facies, while the anion type remained unchanged. Moreover, the hydrogeochemical facies of HUA was found to be different from that of PCA by approximately 50 % of the sampling wells for both the dry and rainy seasons. In addition, the Gibbs diagram showed apparent differences in the weight ratios Cl/(Cl + HCO3) between PCA and HUA. The results revealed that rock weathering is the main process involved in the evolution of chemical composition of groundwater, but agricultural activities and salty paleowater are the other important factors that affect the groundwater chemistry in some parts of the study area.

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Acknowledgments

This study was carried out as a part of the research project, “Solutions for the water related problems in Asian Metropolitan areas” supported by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Japan (represented by Dr. Akira Kawamura). We would like to thank the Department of Geology and Minerals of Vietnam for supplying the necessary field data from the earlier feasibility studies.

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  1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Oshawa, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan

    Akira Kawamura, Naoko Nakagawa, Hideo Amaguchi & Romeo Gilbuena Jr.

  2. Center of Water Resources Planning and Investigation, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Hanoi, Vietnam

    Thanh Ngoc Tong

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Nguyen, T.T., Kawamura, A., Tong, T.N. et al. Hydrogeochemical assessment of groundwater quality during dry and rainy seasons for the two main aquifers in Hanoi, Vietnam. Environ Earth Sci 73, 4287–4303 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-014-3713-8

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