Impact of dairy farms on groundwater quality in a productive basin in the northeast of the Pampean Plain, Argentina

The Pampean Plain is a relevant world food production area where livestock and agricultural activities are developed. The northeast of this region is characterized by dairy production, where large quantities of excreta from the animals to the substrate cause environmental impacts associated with soi...

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Main Authors: Cellone, Francisco, Santucci, Lucia, Borzi, Guido, Tanjal, Carolina Verónica, Di Lello, Claudia, Butler, Lisandro, Cordoba, Joaquín Alejandro, Lamarche, Luciano, Galliari, María Julieta, Melendi, Emilia, Delgado, M.I., Carol, Eleonora
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Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 2023
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/15688
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352801X23000978
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsd.2023.100997
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author Cellone, Francisco
Santucci, Lucia
Borzi, Guido
Tanjal, Carolina Verónica
Di Lello, Claudia
Butler, Lisandro
Cordoba, Joaquín Alejandro
Lamarche, Luciano
Galliari, María Julieta
Melendi, Emilia
Delgado, M.I.
Carol, Eleonora
author_browse Borzi, Guido
Butler, Lisandro
Carol, Eleonora
Cellone, Francisco
Cordoba, Joaquín Alejandro
Delgado, M.I.
Di Lello, Claudia
Galliari, María Julieta
Lamarche, Luciano
Melendi, Emilia
Santucci, Lucia
Tanjal, Carolina Verónica
author_facet Cellone, Francisco
Santucci, Lucia
Borzi, Guido
Tanjal, Carolina Verónica
Di Lello, Claudia
Butler, Lisandro
Cordoba, Joaquín Alejandro
Lamarche, Luciano
Galliari, María Julieta
Melendi, Emilia
Delgado, M.I.
Carol, Eleonora
author_sort Cellone, Francisco
collection INTA Digital
description The Pampean Plain is a relevant world food production area where livestock and agricultural activities are developed. The northeast of this region is characterized by dairy production, where large quantities of excreta from the animals to the substrate cause environmental impacts associated with soil and groundwater contamination. On these dairy farms, the same water sources are used for animal nutrition, cleaning of facilities, and home consumption by rural workers. Groundwater quality assessment is therefore crucial to guaranteeing safe production and human supply. The aim of this work is to analyse the impact of family dairy farming on the geochemical processes that govern the groundwater quality of aquifers used for domestic and animal consumption in productive basins of the northeast Pampean Plain. An analysis of major ions, nitrates, and phosphates in groundwater was performed in 42 wells sampled at different periods. Also, sediments in diverse sectors were collected to be analysed for available phosphorus. The main point sources of contamination that were identified derive from farm facilities’ cleaning and the degradation of animal excrement. These sources infiltrate toward the unsaturated zone and reach the groundwater, or they directly enter through poorly constructed perforations. This produces reactions in the unsaturated zone, releasing protons and generating the dissolution of carbonates, increasing the groundwater hardness. The chemical compounds registered may produce limitations in water quality for human consumption and the development of agricultural activities, affecting animal nutrition and the production of a dairy basin in the northeast of the Pampean Plain.
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spelling INTA156882023-10-26T12:04:03Z Impact of dairy farms on groundwater quality in a productive basin in the northeast of the Pampean Plain, Argentina Cellone, Francisco Santucci, Lucia Borzi, Guido Tanjal, Carolina Verónica Di Lello, Claudia Butler, Lisandro Cordoba, Joaquín Alejandro Lamarche, Luciano Galliari, María Julieta Melendi, Emilia Delgado, M.I. Carol, Eleonora Granjas Lecheras Aguas Subterráneas Calidad del Agua Nitratos Dairy Farms Groundwater Water Quality Nitrates Región Pampeana The Pampean Plain is a relevant world food production area where livestock and agricultural activities are developed. The northeast of this region is characterized by dairy production, where large quantities of excreta from the animals to the substrate cause environmental impacts associated with soil and groundwater contamination. On these dairy farms, the same water sources are used for animal nutrition, cleaning of facilities, and home consumption by rural workers. Groundwater quality assessment is therefore crucial to guaranteeing safe production and human supply. The aim of this work is to analyse the impact of family dairy farming on the geochemical processes that govern the groundwater quality of aquifers used for domestic and animal consumption in productive basins of the northeast Pampean Plain. An analysis of major ions, nitrates, and phosphates in groundwater was performed in 42 wells sampled at different periods. Also, sediments in diverse sectors were collected to be analysed for available phosphorus. The main point sources of contamination that were identified derive from farm facilities’ cleaning and the degradation of animal excrement. These sources infiltrate toward the unsaturated zone and reach the groundwater, or they directly enter through poorly constructed perforations. This produces reactions in the unsaturated zone, releasing protons and generating the dissolution of carbonates, increasing the groundwater hardness. The chemical compounds registered may produce limitations in water quality for human consumption and the development of agricultural activities, affecting animal nutrition and the production of a dairy basin in the northeast of the Pampean Plain. EEA Cuenca del Salado Fil: Cellone, Francisco. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Investigaciones Del Medio Ambiente; Argentina Fil: Cellone, Francisco. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Centro de Investigaciones Del Medio Ambiente; Argentina Fil: Santucci, Lucia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas; Argentina Fil: Santucci, Lucia. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas; Argentina Fil: Borzi, Guido. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas; Argentina Fil: Borzi, Guido. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas; Argentina Fil: Tanjal, Carolina Verónica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas; Argentina Fil: Tanjal, Carolina Verónica. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas; Argentina Fil: Di Lello, Claudia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas; Argentina Fil: Di Lello, Claudia. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas; Argentina Fil: Butler, Lisandro. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Cuenca del Salado. Agencia de Extensión Rural Chascomús; Argentina Fil: Córdoba, Joaquín Alejandro. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Agricultura Familiar Región Patagonia; Argentina Fil: Lamarche, Luciano. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales; Argentina Fil: Galliari, María Julieta. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas; Argentina Fil: Galliari, María Julieta. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas; Argentina Fil: Melendi, Emilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas; Argentina Fil: Melendi, Emilia. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas; Argentina Fil: Delgado, M.I. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales. Departamento de Ambiente y Recursos Naturales. Catedra de Manejo de Cuencas Hidrograficas; Argentina Fil: Delgado, M.I. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Ficología; Argentina 2023-10-26T11:56:01Z 2023-10-26T11:56:01Z 2023-11 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/15688 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352801X23000978 2352-801X https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsd.2023.100997 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Elsevier Groundwater for Sustainable Development 23 : 100997. (November 2023)
spellingShingle Granjas Lecheras
Aguas Subterráneas
Calidad del Agua
Nitratos
Dairy Farms
Groundwater
Water Quality
Nitrates
Región Pampeana
Cellone, Francisco
Santucci, Lucia
Borzi, Guido
Tanjal, Carolina Verónica
Di Lello, Claudia
Butler, Lisandro
Cordoba, Joaquín Alejandro
Lamarche, Luciano
Galliari, María Julieta
Melendi, Emilia
Delgado, M.I.
Carol, Eleonora
Impact of dairy farms on groundwater quality in a productive basin in the northeast of the Pampean Plain, Argentina
title Impact of dairy farms on groundwater quality in a productive basin in the northeast of the Pampean Plain, Argentina
title_full Impact of dairy farms on groundwater quality in a productive basin in the northeast of the Pampean Plain, Argentina
title_fullStr Impact of dairy farms on groundwater quality in a productive basin in the northeast of the Pampean Plain, Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Impact of dairy farms on groundwater quality in a productive basin in the northeast of the Pampean Plain, Argentina
title_short Impact of dairy farms on groundwater quality in a productive basin in the northeast of the Pampean Plain, Argentina
title_sort impact of dairy farms on groundwater quality in a productive basin in the northeast of the pampean plain argentina
topic Granjas Lecheras
Aguas Subterráneas
Calidad del Agua
Nitratos
Dairy Farms
Groundwater
Water Quality
Nitrates
Región Pampeana
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/15688
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352801X23000978
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsd.2023.100997
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