HYDROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF A SHALLOW ALLUVIAL AQUIFER BETWEEN THE SIRET AND MOLDOVA RIVERS

PETRUT-LIVIU BOGDAN(1*), VALENTIN NEDEFF(1, 2*), MIRELA PANAINTE-LEHADUS(1), NARCIS BARSAN(1), FLORIN MARIAN NEDEFF(1), DIANA-CARMEN MIRILA(1)

1. “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacau, Faculty of Engineering, Calea Marasesti 157, Bacau, 600115, Romania
 2. “Gheorghe Ionescu Sisesti”, Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences Bucharest, 61 Marasti Blvd., 011464, Bucharest, Romania 
* Corresponding authors: bogdan.p.liviu@gmail.com, vnedeff@ub.ro

DOI: https://doi.org/10.29081/ChIBA.2025.663

Abstract

The paper examines groundwater from the area between the Siret and Moldova rivers. Data from 2021 and 2022 were used, taken from twelve monitoring wells. The main ions (Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+, K+, , Cl-, , ) were checked with basic statistics, boxplots and the Piper and Schoeller-Berkaloff diagrams. The ion values from the two years stay close. The higher ones appear only in a few wells, and those places have local factors that influence the water. The meq·L-1 values also fall in the same range in both years. Ca2+ and , remain dominant in all samples. The two diagrams place the water in the Ca–HCO3 field, with no major change from one year to the next. There is no sign of a larger chemical shift in the aquifer, and the small differences stay local. The data show a stable aquifer, and these values can help when the area is checked again in the future.

 


Keywords

alluvial aquifer hydrochemical facies major ions meq·L-1 Piper diagram Schoeller-Berkaloff