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Published on: November 7, 2025
[Screening Method of Priority Control Pollutants in Groundwater Based on Contamination Assessment]
Peng Zhao1, Jiang-Tao He1, Man-Li Wang1
1Beijing Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, China University of Geosciences(Beijing), Beijing 100083, China.
Abstract:
Screening of priority control pollutants is an effective technical means for environmental management and environmental quality protection. Quick and efficient identification of pollutants is useful when attempting to prevent and control groundwater pollution. In order to explore a screening system for a set of priority pollutants that can be applied to regions with weak basic information, a screening method of priority pollutants based on contamination assessment is put forward in this paper. Based on the data of groundwater detection and analysis, using the evaluation method for pollution index classification, and combined with the pollution degree frequency score superposition method. The screening method of priority control pollutants in groundwater based on contamination assessment was established. This method was applied to the screening of pollutants in groundwater in the city of Golmud in Qinghai Province, China. The results were verified by using the screening system based on risk assessment, and the differences in the two systems are discussed. The results show that three categories of 10 kinds of chemical parameters, including TDS, total hardness, chloride, sulfate, sodium, fluorine, total iron, pyrene, phenanthrene, and aluminum, were determined as priority control pollutants in the Golmud region. It was consistent with the results of the screening method based on the risk assessment, and the screening results were reliable. The method based on risk assessment is complex and requires additional basic information, but it has certain foresight and is suitable for regions with abundant basic data. The method based on contamination assessment is simple and convenient and requires less abundant basic data. However, it is easily affected by background values. It is more suitable for the screening of priority control pollutants in regions with weak pollution source information.
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