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Determination of Heavy Metal Concentration and Correlation Analysis of Turbidity: a Case Study of the Zlot Source (Bor, Serbia)

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Karst aquifers are significant sources of water of the highest quality. Inaccessible and uninhabited karst areas are mostly away from urban centers and human activities. That is of crucial significance for karst groundwater quality. The discharge regime and karst water quality show the considerable rapid changeability of and dependence on the rainfall distribution and quantity in the catchment area. The purpose of this study is to show that there is no influence of anthropogenic factors on karst water by determining the heavy metal concentration in the water, the significance of monitoring karst water quality parameters, and to show how autocorrelation and cross-correlation analysis could be useful in defining the dependence rainfall–turbidity. The results presented in this paper refer to a case study of the Zlot Source (Bor, Serbia).

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  1. Public Utility Enterprise “Water supply” Bor, R.J: Čoče 16, Bor, 19210, Serbia

    Pešić Marina

  2. Technical Faculty Bor, University of Belgrade, Vojske Jugoslavije 12, Bor, 19210, Serbia

    Milić Snežana & Nujkić Maja

  3. Faculty of Management Zaječar, Park šuma Kraljevica bb, Zaječar, 19000, Serbia

    Marić Miroslava

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Marina, P., Snežana, M., Maja, N. et al. Determination of Heavy Metal Concentration and Correlation Analysis of Turbidity: a Case Study of the Zlot Source (Bor, Serbia). Water Air Soil Pollut 231, 98 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-020-4453-x

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