Environmental Science
5 years ago

Karst region's water supply threatened by oil pollution, alarming new study reveals

IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science
Possible sources of pollution by oil products of water body in karst area
Сергей Алексеевич Бузмаков, D. N. Andreev, A A Zaytsev, Yuliya Khotyanovskaya, Georgi A. Voronov

Paper Summary

The article explores how oil products end up in water in a karst area. It looks at the Yasyl river and how oil content changed from 2016 to 2018. The study reveals where oil products are found along the river. The researchers suggest possible sources of oil pollution in the water.

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