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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53854#.VNhgLCzQrzE Author(s)  Eliene Lopes de Souza 1 , Paulo Galvao 2* , Roseli de Almeida 1 , Cleane Pinheiro 3 , Marcus Baessa 4 , Marcio Cabral 1   Affiliation(s) 1 Institute of Geosciences, Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Belém, Brazil . 2 Institute of Geosciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil . 3 Institute of Environment and Spatial Planning of the State of Amapá (IMAP), Macapá, Brazil . 4 Leopoldo Américo Miguez de Mello Center for Research and Development (CENPES), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil . ABSTRACT The study area is the Urucu Oil Province, Municipality of Coari, State of Amazonas, Brazil. This research represents a contribution to the hydrogeological knowledge in the northern region of Brazil, particularly in the central part of the Amazon rainforest, where researches on isotopic are still incipient. The primary goal was to determi...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53235#.VLh0v8nQrzE Author(s)    P. U. Megha 1 , P. Kavya 1 , S. Murugan 2 , P. S. Harikumar 1*   Affiliation(s) 1 Water Quality Division, Centre for Water Resources Development and Management, Kozhikode, India . 2 Department of Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Karunya University, Coimbatore, India . ABSTRACT Availability of clean water and adequate sanitation facilities are of prime importance for limiting diarrheal diseases. We examined the spatial information on the groundwater quality and sanitation facilities of a village in southern India using Geographic Information System (GIS) tools. Place of residence, position of wells and latrines were mapped and well water samples were tested for microbial contamination (Total Coliform Counts (TCC), Fecal Coliform Counts (FCC) and Fecal Streptococcal Counts (FSC)). A well stru...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52793#.VKNnOcnQrzE Author(s)      Seybatou Diop 1* , Moshood N. Tijani 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Institute of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Dakar, Senegal . 2 Department of Geology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria . ABSTRACT This study was to clarify the main mechanisms of shallow groundwater mineralization in the Dindefello Plain Area. Water composition data obtained in this study were subjected to aqueous speciation calculations together with data plotting on key diagrams so as to create work assumptions. Hypothesized reaction models of the processes of ch...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52697#.VKDGDcCAM4 Author(s)    Faye Anderson Affiliation(s) Texas A & M AgriLife Research Center at Beaumont, College Station, Texas, USA . ABSTRACT Although many studies have explored the quality of Texas groundwater, very few have investigated the concurrent distributions of more than one pollutant, which provides insight on the temporal and spatial behavior of constituents within and between aquifers. The purpose of this research is to study the multivariate spatial patterns of seven health-related Texas groundwater constituents, which are calcium (Ca), chloride (Cl), nitrate (NO 3 ), sodium (Na), magnesium (Mg), sulfate...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=48789#.VDdUFFfHRK0 Author(s) George Gaprindashvili , Merab Gaprindashvili Affiliation(s) 1Department of Geology, National Environmental Agency, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection, Tbilisi, Georgia 2Vakhushti Bagrationi Institute of Geography, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia . Department of Geology, National Environmental Agency, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection, Tbilisi, Georgia . ABSTRACT As it is known fresh water represents conditioned factor for human body’s life. That’s why the superiority of drinking water is recognized as human body’s priority according to the international declar...