Comparative water-quality assessment of the Hai He River basin in the People's Republic of China and three similar basins in the United States

Joseph L. Domagalski; Zhou Xinquan; Lin Chao; Zhi Deguo; Fan Lan Chi; Xu Kaitai; Lu Ying; Yang Luo; Liu Shide; Liu Dewen; Guo Yong; Tian Qi; Liu Jing; Yu Weidong; Robert Shedlock; Donna Knifong

doi:10.3133/pp1647

Comparative water-quality assessment of the Hai He River basin in the People's Republic of China and three similar basins in the United States

Professional Paper 1647

By: Joseph L. Domagalski, Zhou Xinquan, Lin Chao, Zhi Deguo, Fan Lan Chi, Xu Kaitai, Lu Ying, Yang Luo, Liu Shide, Liu Dewen, Guo Yong, Tian Qi, Liu Jing, Yu Weidong, Robert Shedlock, and Donna Knifong

https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1647

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Abstract

Ground-water quality with respect to nitrate, major inorganic constituents, pesticides, stable isotopes, and tritium was assessed in the agricultural Tangshan region in the Hai He River basin of the People's Republic of China and compared with three similar regions in the United States: the Delmarva Peninsula of the States of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, and the San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys of the State of California. These four regions are considered similar with respect to size, land use, or climate. Median nitrate concentrations were found to be similar in the four regions in most instances, and those median concentrations were below the American nitrate drinking water standard of 10 milligrams per liter, however, higher concentrations, and a greater range of concentration, were evident for the Tangshan region.

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Domagalski, J.L., Xinquan, Z., Chao, L., Deguo, Z., Chi, F.L., Kaitai, X., Ying, L., Luo, Y., Shide, L., Dewen, L., Yong, G., Qi, T., Jing, L., Weidong, Y., Shedlock, R., and Knifong, D., 2001, Comparative water-quality assessment of the Hai He River basin in the People's Republic of China and three similar basins in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1647, ix, 58 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1647.

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Publication type	Report
Publication Subtype	USGS Numbered Series
Title	Comparative water-quality assessment of the Hai He River basin in the People's Republic of China and three similar basins in the United States
Series title	Professional Paper
Series number	1647
DOI	10.3133/pp1647
Year Published	2001
Language	English
Publisher	U.S. Geological Survey
Description	ix, 58 p.
Country	China, United States
Other Geospatial	Delmarva Peninsula, Hai He River basin, Sacramento River basin, San Joaquin-Tulare basins