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dc.contributor.authorLwimbo, Zuberi
dc.contributor.authorKomakech, Hans
dc.contributor.authorMuzuka, Alfred
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-04T12:37:34Z
dc.date.available2023-10-04T12:37:34Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/w11112263
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.nm-aist.ac.tz/handle/20.500.12479/2116
dc.descriptionThis research articles was published in Journals Water Volume 11,Issue 11, 2019en_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper assesses the impacts of farmers’ intensive use of agrochemicals (fertilizers and pesticides) on groundwater quality in the Kahe catchment. Samples were collected during the wet and dry seasons of the year 2018 and analyzed for the presence of agrochemicals in the water. Groundwater chemistry was dominated by magnesium-sodium-bicarbonate (Mg-Na-HCO3−). The cations levels were in the trend of Mg2+ >Na+ > Ca2+ > K+, whereas anions were HCO3− > Cl− > SO42− for both seasons. The NO3− had an average value of about 18.40 ± 4.04 and 7.6 ± 1.7 mg/L in the wet and dry season, respectively. Elevated levels of nitrate, sulfate, phosphate, and ammonium were found in water samples collected near the large-scale sugarcane plantation in the catchment. For both seasons, Pb, Cd, Fe, Mn, Zn and Cu concentrations averaged approximately 0.08 ± 0.03, 0.11 ± 0.03, 0.16 ± 0.02, 0.11 ± 0.01, 0.46 ± 0.05, and 0.55 ± 0.02 mg/L, respectively. On the other hand, the concentrations were higher in shallow wells than in the deep boreholes. Pesticides’ residues were below the detection limit in all sampled groundwater. The findings from this study provide important information for intervention in groundwater quality management in Kahe Catchment, Tanzaniaen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.subjectintensive irrigationen_US
dc.subjectgroundwater qualityen_US
dc.subjecteavy metalsen_US
dc.subjectfertilizersen_US
dc.subjectpesticidesen_US
dc.subjectKahe catchmenten_US
dc.titleImpacts of Emerging Agricultural Practices on Groundwater Quality in Kahe Catchment, Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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