TY  - JOUR
TI  - Hydrogeochemical Characteristics of Spring Waters for Irrigation, Gökpınar Basin Case, Denizli, Turkey
AB  - In this study, a detailed hydrochemical evaluation has been made todetermine the chemical processes of spring waters and their suitability forirrigation. The study area consists of a drainage basin of the Gökpınardam and has fertile soils for irrigable agriculture. During the period ofAugust 2017 and October 2018, regular samples were collected monthlyfrom 10 spring and 140 samples in total were subjected to hydrochemicalanalysis. For this purpose, 11 hydrochemical parameters such as pH, EC,TDS, TH, Na%, SAR, MR, RSC, RSBC, USSL, and Wilcox were used.GIS-based spatial mapping of the hydrogeochemical parameters has beenprepared using ArcGIS. The major hydrogeochemical facies of waters are$Ca^{2+}$, $Mg^{2+}$, $HCO_3^-$ water type. Alkaline earth metals ($Ca^{2+}$, $Mg^{2+}$) andweak acid ($CO_3^{2-}$, $HCO_3^-$) dominates over the alkalies ($Na^+$, $K^+$) andstrong acid ($Cl^-$, $So_4^{2-}$) in all spring waters, respectively. Since the limitvalues of TDS in the samples are between 367 and 681 mg$L^{-1}$, the classof all samples is freshwater. The average Na% is between 1.29 and 9.28,and EC values are between 402 and 691 μS$cm^{-1}$. For irrigation purposes,all spring waters fall within the category of “excellent to good” in theWilcox (1955) diagram, based on the Na% and EC. Average SAR valuesin the range of 0.07-0.16 meq$L^{-1}$indicate that spring water samples areexcellent for irrigation purposes.
AU  - Taşdelen, Suat
DO  - 10.15832/ankutbd.744844
PY  - 2021
JO  - Tarım Bilimleri Dergisi
VL  - 27
IS  - 4
SN  - 1300-7580
SP  - 516
EP  - 525
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/462465
ER  -