The relationships between the ground water level and dissolved substances in the shallow ground water containing a large quantity nitrate nitrogen were discussed. There are two types of relationships between the ground water level and the concentration of dissolved substances, one is the reverse correlation (type (1), well A), the other is the converse correlation (type (2), Well C).
In the case of the type (1), nitrates are reduced in the equations shown below:
NO
3-+2H+H
2CO
3→HNO
2+HCO
3-+H
2O
NO
3-+6H+H
2CO
3→NH
2OH+HCO
3-+3H
2O
NO
3-+8H+H
2CO
3→NH
3+HCO
3-+3H
2O
The content of calcium in the ground water is large and calcium carbonates are accumulated in the equation also shown below as the ground water evaporates:
Ca
2++2HCO
3 CaCO
3+H
2O+CO
2Then salts such as sulfates are also taken into the accumulated precipitate in the form of co-precipitation. So there is formed, as it were, light saline soil, to decrease the salts concentration in the ground water. Then in case of rainfall, the accumulated precipitate is dissolved easily in the ground water by permeant water, to increase its concentration.
In the case of type (2), there also occur oxidation-reduction reactions, but because of the high ground water level (the ground water table is at 30 cm below ground at the highest), dilution and concentration of salts due to the change of the ground water level predominate over accumulation and eluviation of salts.
The type (2) is observed in the ordinary shallow ground water, but the type (1) is somewhat peculiar, and is observed in the ground water in this area, where much amount of nitrate exist.
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