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Integrated uranium-isotopic and microhydrochemical studies were used to develop an indicator model of formation and circulation of drinking groundwater of Neogene-Quaternary deposit and to assess their current ecological state. The paths of subsurface flows of infiltration recharge are identified and traced, and the zones of deep-water inflow are identified and delimited. The total pollution index of groundwater from Neogene-Quaternary aquifer system was found to far in excess of the acceptable level because of an elevated concentrations of iron, manganese, and phosphorus of anthropogenic and deep-seated origin.
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Original Russian Text © A.I. Tikhonov, A.M. Sobolev, V.P. Tikhonov, A.V. Vasil’ev, S.V. Osipova, N.E. Mironova, 2014, published in Vodnye Resursy, 2014, Vol. 41, No. 5, pp. 507–517.
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Tikhonov, A.I., Sobolev, A.M., Tikhonov, V.P. et al. Formation conditions and the environmental state of fresh groundwater in dimitrovgrad area by isotopic-hydrochemical data. Water Resour 41, 522–531 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0097807814050145
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