Geomedical assessment of an area having high-fluoride groundwater in southeastern Turkey

Mehmet İrfan Yeşilnacar; Ayşegül Demir Yetiş; Çoruh Türksel Dülgergil; Mustafa Kumral; Ayşe Dilek Atasoy; Tuba Rastgeldi Doğan; Sadık İsmail Tekiner; İbrahim Bayhan; Murat Aydoğdu

doi:10.1007/s12665-015-5002-6

Geomedical assessment of an area having high-fluoride groundwater in southeastern Turkey

Mehmet İrfan Yeşilnacar^*
, Ayşegül Demir Yetiş
, Çoruh Türksel Dülgergil
, Mustafa Kumral
, Ayşe Dilek Atasoy
, Tuba Rastgeldi Doğan
, Sadık İsmail Tekiner
, İbrahim Bayhan
, Murat Aydoğdu

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Geological Engineering

Harran University
Bitlis Eren University
Kirikkale University
Directorate of Provincial Public Health
GAP Agricultural Research Institute

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Abstract

The high-fluoride concentration in groundwater has been yet determined in two villages (Sarım and Karataş) of western Şanlıurfa (Turkey) where it is the only source of drinking water. To assess medical and hydrogeological dimensions of this problem, principally including fluoride concentrations as well as electrical conductivity, temperature and pH values were measured in groundwater wells of 65 villages including these two villages on site and a dental examination was performed on 451 children. The fluoride concentrations in the groundwater of four villages determined as greater than 1.20 mg/L, causing dental fluorosis among children of these villages. Results revealed that dental fluorosis cases can develop even at low fluoride levels. Finally, the prepared geomedical map demonstrated that medical and hydrogeological evidences were compatible with each other.

Original language	English
Article number	162
Pages (from-to)	1-14
Number of pages	14
Journal	Environmental Earth Sciences
Volume	75
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-015-5002-6
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2016

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© 2015, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

Funding

This study was funded by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) under Grant No. 110Y234 and the Scientific Research Projects Committee of Harran University (HUBAK) under Grant Nos. 13040 and Ek 13007. 13040. We thank our undergraduate students named İ. Halil Direk, Selami Yiğit, H. Ruşen Keskin, Tuba Tekin and Şeyhmus Karabulut for their assistance in drilling sampling of the field study.

Funders	Funder number
HUBAK	13040, Ek 13007
Scientific Research Projects Committee of Harran University
TÜBİTAK	110Y234
Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştirma Kurumu

UN SDGs

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SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation

Keywords

Dental fluorosis
Drinking water
Fluoride
Geomedical map
Groundwater pollution
Southeastern Turkey

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