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Investigation of water pollution in the Yalvac basin into Egirdir Lake, Turkey

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The aim of this study is to understand the effects of pollution of anthropogenic origin on water quality in Yalvac Basin, part of the Egirdir Lake catchment. Surface discharge from the basin to the lake is 63 m3/year and underground discharge is 114 m3/year. Possible water pollution is categorized into domestic, industrial and agricultural origin. Domestic and industrial wastewaters, including effluents from leather tanneries are discharged, without being purified, into Yalvac Stream, which flows into Egirdir Lake directly or via the drainage canal. Surface waters flowing into the lake are used in winter for irrigation of agricultural areas. In agricultural areas natural and synthetic fertilizers and pesticides are used extensively. Lake Egirdir is used as a source of drinking water. Sampling sites were established for surface and underground waters, taking into account the known point sources of pollution. These sites were sampled in May and October of 2002, and analysed chemically. Cr3+ and Pb2+ concentrations exceed standard limits, meaning that pollution caused by effluent from the tanneries is adversely affecting the water quality in the lake.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Scientific Research Projects Management Unit of Suleyman Demirel University (Isparta, Turkey) which supported this work with the doctorate project (Projects No. 457) “Hydrogeological investigation of the eastern Part of The Egirdir Lake and modelling of ground waters pollution”.

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  1. Department of Geological Engineering, Suleyman Demirel University, Faculty of Engineering Architecture, Isparta, Turkey

    I. Iskender Soyaslan

  2. Department of Geological Engineering, Istanbul Technical University Faculty of Mines, Istanbul, Turkey

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Soyaslan, I.I., Karagüzel, R. Investigation of water pollution in the Yalvac basin into Egirdir Lake, Turkey. Environ Geol 55, 1263–1268 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00254-007-1074-2

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