Spatial variation of water quality for irrigation in the coastal Mayo Valley aquifer, Sonora, Mexico

Authors

  • Diego Armando Martínez Cruz Postgrado de Hidrociencias, Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillo.Carretera México-Texcoco, km 36.5, Montecillo, Edo. de México, 56230, México
  • Jesús Chávez Morales Postgrado de Hidrociencias, Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillo.Carretera México-Texcoco, km 36.5, Montecillo, Edo. de México, 56230, México
  • Angel Bustamante González Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Puebla. Boulevard Forjadores de Puebla No. 205, Santiago Momoxpam, Municipio San Pedro Cholula, Puebla. 72760, México
  • Óscar Luis Palacios Vélez Postgrado de Hidrociencias, Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillo.Carretera México-Texcoco, km 36.5, Montecillo, Edo. de México, 56230, México
  • Ma. De Lourdes de la Isla de Bauer Postgrado de Hidrociencias, Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillo.Carretera México-Texcoco, km 36.5, Montecillo, Edo. de México, 56230, México
  • Leonardo Tijerina Chávez Postgrado de Hidrociencias, Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillo.Carretera México-Texcoco, km 36.5, Montecillo, Edo. de México, 56230, México

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24275/uam/izt/dcbs/hidro/2016v26n1/Martinez

Keywords:

Aquifer, groundwater, hydro-chemical characterization, Mayo Valley, water quality.

Abstract

In this study the hydrochemical patterns of the Mayo River aquifer, in the Mayo River Irrigation District, and the factors determining the spatial distribution of the water quality for irrigation were determined. Physicochemical information, from 2005 to 2007, of 54 goereference wells was classified in the Piper diagram and principal component analysis (PCA). The use of the hydrochemical method and PCA allowed to identify the existing hidrochemical patterns and the factors that influence them. Close to Mayo riverbed waters were classified as magnesium-calcium bicarbonate, indicating short term resident time of water. North of the aquifer sulfate samples dominated, as a result of water circulation on sedimentary evaporite deposits. In the southcentral area most waters were saline-sodic.

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Martínez Cruz, D. A., Chávez Morales, J., Bustamante González, A., Palacios Vélez, Óscar L., de la Isla de Bauer, M. D. L., & Tijerina Chávez, L. (2016). Spatial variation of water quality for irrigation in the coastal Mayo Valley aquifer, Sonora, Mexico. HIDROBIOLÓGICA, 26(1), 109–119. https://doi.org/10.24275/uam/izt/dcbs/hidro/2016v26n1/Martinez

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