Determination of Snowmelt Water Quality in Outdoor Green Areas: A Case Study at Van Province (Turkey)

Okan YELER; Menekşe TAŞ DİVRİK; Belgin ÇAMUR ELİPEK

doi:https://doi.org/10.26650/ASE2020790717

Makale detayları

Determination of Snowmelt Water Quality in Outdoor Green Areas: A Case Study at Van Province (Turkey)

Yazarlar:

Okan YELER | Menekşe TAŞ DİVRİK | Belgin ÇAMUR ELİPEK

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Dergi:

Aquatic Sciences and Engineering 2021 Vol.36 Issue 2, pp.78-84

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2021

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000859828

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

eISSN:

2602-473X

pISSN:

2602-473X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26650/ASE2020790717

Özet:

 

Freshwater resources are used for many purposes such as drinking, tap water, industrial usage and agricultural irrigation. Although unpolluted surface waters and groundwater are preferred for the irrigation of landscape plants in parks and gardens, snowmelt water is generally ignored. Like oth-er precipitation types, snow can absorb solid and liquid substances in the atmosphere and it can rain on the earth with its natural chemical structure changed. Also, this water from snowmelt which includes different chemicals can enter surface waters and groundwater resources. In this study, the snowmelt  water  quality  in  outdoor  green  areas  of  the  Van  Province  was  examined.  Some  physi-co-chemical features (pH, conductivity, salinity, Ca, Mg, total hardness, Cl, NO3-N, NO2-N, SO4, and PO4) of the snow samples were taken at monthly intervals from six sampling stations between the dates of December 2019 - February 2020. Also, metal ion concentrations (Cd, Pb, As, Cu, Cr, Co, Ni, Zn, Fe, Mn, B, Se, Ba, Al, Na, Be, V, Mo, Si, K, Sr, Ag, Sb, Tl) and the values of SAR (Sodium Ad-sorption Ratio) and Na% in some sampling stations, which have intense industrial and settlements located  in  the  area,  were  determined  to  evaluate  the  water  quality  level  of  the  snowmelt  water.  While,  it  was  observed  that  some  parameters  values  exceeded  the  first  quality  level  when  com-pared  with  the  quality  levels  of  the  surface  water  resources  control  regulation  of  Turkey  and  the  rates in irrigation water quality values, a general evaluation of the results showed that snowmelt can be alternative irrigation water for plants. Also, the species of the landscape plants in the stud-ied  area  were  identified  and  the  possible  effects  of  the  parameters  on  the  development  of  the  plants were discussed.

Makale detayları

Determination of Snowmelt Water Quality in Outdoor Green Areas: A Case Study at Van Province (Turkey)

Yazarlar: Okan YELER | Menekşe TAŞ DİVRİK | Belgin ÇAMUR ELİPEK

Yayıncı: Istanbul University

Dergi: Aquatic Sciences and Engineering 2021 Vol.36 Issue 2, pp.78-84

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 1/2021

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000859828

Sıklık: Üç Aylık

eISSN: 2602-473X

pISSN: 2602-473X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26650/ASE2020790717

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Okan YELER | Menekşe TAŞ DİVRİK | Belgin ÇAMUR ELİPEK

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Dergi:

Aquatic Sciences and Engineering 2021 Vol.36 Issue 2, pp.78-84

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2021

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000859828

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

eISSN:

2602-473X

pISSN:

2602-473X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26650/ASE2020790717