Assessment of Groundwater Quality in CKDu Affected Areas of Sri Lanka
Implications for Drinking Water Treatment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15469003 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Titus Cooray (0000-0002-1401-3641, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Yuansong Wei (0000-0003-0900-7412, Chinese Academy of Sciences, corresponding author), Hui Zhong (0000-0002-8996-0774, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Libing Zheng (0000-0001-8427-7514, Chinese Academy of Sciences), S K Weragoda (0000-0003-2449-1900, National Hospital of Sri Lanka), Rohan Weerasooriya (0000-0002-0509-5307, National Institute of Fundamental Studies) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 1698-1698 |
| Publication date | 2019-05-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph16101698 |
| PMID | 31091829 |
| OpenAlex | W2946727664 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 33 |
This study investigated the water quality of the groundwater that was collected from the chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) prevailing areas in the dry zone of Sri Lanka to assess its suitability for drinking purposes, and for the first time a Water Quality Index (WQI) with emphasis on proposing appropriate drinking water treatment method was developed. A total of 88 groundwater samples were collected in dry (December 2016) and wet (May 2017) seasons; high concentrations of water hardness, fluoride, salinity, dissolved organic carbon (DOC), and the general alkaline nature of water were the main issues that were observed for disease incidence. The chemical weathering of the underlying bedrock, followed by ion exchange and precipitation processes, primarily controlled groundwater geochemistry. During the 1985-2017 period, the variations of the annual rainfall and temperature were minimal, which suggests no evidence for major climatic changes within the study areas. Almost all of the samples from the CKDu regions show a low alkali hazard and most of the samples show a medium to high salinity hazard. The DOC of the studied samples was mainly composed of the organic fractions in the following order, as fulvic acids > humic acids > aromatic protein II > soluble microbial by-products, and the molecular weights (MW) of these fractions ranged from 100-3000 Da. Based on the water quality index (WQI) calculations, it was found that only 3.8% in the wet season and 2.6% in the dry season of total water samples were categorized as the "excellent" type, and all other water sources require a further treatment before consumption. As there is an urgent need for establishing proper long-term drinking water treatment technology for the CKDu affected area, these findings can be used as benchmark of raw water quality in the design processes of treatment plants
Biology · Environmental health · Environmental planning · Groundwater · Sri lanka · Water quality · Water resource management · Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes · Dialysis and Renal Disease Management · Engineering · Environmental Science · Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry · Medicine · Ecology · Toxicology
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |