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ArticleEnvironmental monitoring and assessment2023

Spatial-temporal distributions, probable health risks, and source identification of organic pollutants in surface waters of an extremely hypoxic river basin in Türkiye.

Cem Tokatlı, Abu Reza Md Towfiqul Islam

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Cem Tokatlıİpsala Vocational School, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2080-7920
Abu Reza Md Towfiqul IslamDepartment of Disaster Management, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, Bangladesh. towfiq_dm@brur.ac.bd.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5779-1382

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This study was carried out to determine the spatiotemporal distributions of organic pollution parameters in the Meriç-Ergene River Basin subjected to intensive agricultural and industrial pressure. A total of 5 basin components, including Anadere (A), Çorlu (Ç), Tunca (T), Meriç (M), and Ergene (E) rivers, and 9 stations (A1, Ç1, T1, M1-M2, and E1-E4) were identified in the watershed, and surface water samples were collected in the dry (end of summer) and wet (end of winter) seasons of 2021-2022. The Water Quality Index (WQI) and Nutrient Pollution Index (NPI) were applied to the data to evaluate the overall water quality characteristics. The Chronic Daily Index (CDI), Hazard Quotient (HQ), and Hazard Index (HI) were applied to the data to reveal the probable noncarcinogenic health risks of organic contaminants. Cluster Analysis (CA) and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) were applied to the data to classify the sampling sites and identify the source apportionment of organic pollution parameters. The recorded spatiotemporal averages of the investigated parameters in the basin are as follows: 6.26 mg/L for DO, 9 for pH, 1626 μS/cm for EC, 985 mg/L for TDS, 1 ‰ for salinity, 6.88 mg/L for nitrate, 0.1 mg/L for nitrite, 1.8 mg/L for phosphate, 81 mg/L for sulfate, and 473 mg/L for chloride. The results indicate that the most contaminated components of the basin are Çorlu Stream and Ergene River, and in addition to their quite high salt and nutrient content, they have extreme hypoxic conditions to the extent that it is impossible for many aquatic organisms to live. The contamination degrees of the investigated basin components were determined using the organic pollution risk assessment indices as follows: Çorlu Stream > Ergene River > Anadere Stream > Tunca River > Meriç River.

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ArthropodsEnvironmental PollutantsAgricultureAnimalsEnvironmental MonitoringEnvironmental PollutionHypoxiaRiversEnvironmental PollutantsHealth risk assessmentMeriç–Ergene River BasinOrganic pollution

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