Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY
Volume 51, Issue 1, Pages 17-27Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0300-7
Keywords
fluorine; groundwater; contaminant fluoride; Hermosillo City Mexico
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Anomalous high fluoride concentration up to 7.59 mg/dm(3) is found in groundwater from La Victoria area. This water is used to supply drinking water to Hermosillo City, Sonora. Geochemistry of groundwater, relationship between physicochemical parameters, hydrogeology and geologic setting were correlated to define the origin and the geochemical mechanisms of groundwater fluorine enrichment. High fluoride concentration is associated with high bicarbonates, pH and temperature, and it decreases toward the west and south of the area. Fluoride is in negative correlation to calcium concentration. Sodium sulphate facies of regional deep water flow are related to high fluoride concentration. High electric resistivity rocks associated with granites from the Sierra Bachoco basement might be the deep source of fluoride. Outcropping of Sierra Bachoco in the west causes upward regional flow. Groundwater of longer residence time can be pumped there. The anomalous area is restricted to La Victoria because calcareous paleozoic rocks outcrop to the south.
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