Influences of natural and anthropogenic factors on surface and groundwater quality in rural and urban areas

摘要: Although water constitutes 71% of the earth's surface, only 0.3% it is available as fresh for human use. Moreover, quality in ground and surface systems great concern, potable needs to have appropriate mineral content. Ground rural urban environments affected by both natural processes anthropogenic influences. Because this, becoming scarcer population increases across world. Natural leading changes include weathering rocks, evapotranspiration, depositions due wind, leaching from soil, run-off hydrological factors, biological aquatic environment. These cause pH alkalinity water, also phosphorus loading, increase fluoride content high concentrations sulphates. Anthropogenic factors affecting impacts agriculture, use fertilizers, manures pesticides,...