Sea water contamination in underground waters of salento (Southern Italy)
Buccolieri, G.; Cardellicchio, N.; Dell'Atti, A.; Genga, A.; Strisciullo, G.
Annali di Chimica 91(1-2): 73-80
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-4592 PMID: 11329771 Document Number: 538349
In the present work, a study of a physico-chemical characterisation of underground waters, utilised for agriculture and human use in the Lecce district (Southern Italy) has been reported. The aim of the work has been to define the quality of underground waters in the different areas and to value salt contamination due to seawater intrusion. Statistical techniques, such as Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Cluster Analysis (CA), have been utilised to examine the correlations among the different parameters and to define contamination areas. The results have shown a high salt contamination in artesian wells of the Ionian Sea coast.