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Groundwater problems resulting from CO2 pollution and overexploitation in Alto Guadalentín aquifer (Murcia, Spain)

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 The Alto Guadalentín detrital aquifer is both overexploited and polluted. Water conductivity ranges between 1200 and 4900 μS cm–1, HCO3 – between 1000 and 1990 mg l–1, and PCO2 between 0.041 and 1.497 bars. The temperature and chemical composition of the water show a positive thermal anomaly directly attributable to the neotectonic activity in the area. The high CO2 content has caused the abandonment of numerous wells due to water corrosiveness which attacks pumping equipment.

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  1. Department of Geology, University of Huelva, 21819 Huelva, Spain, , , , , , ES

    J. C. Cerón

  2. Department of Geodynamics, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain, , , , , , ES

    A. Pulido-Bosch

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Received: 10 October 1995 · Accepted: 14 November 1995

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Cerón, J., Pulido-Bosch, A. Groundwater problems resulting from CO2 pollution and overexploitation in Alto Guadalentín aquifer (Murcia, Spain). Environmental Geology 28, 223–228 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002540050096

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