Hypothesis on the Reasons for Strong Variability in the Concentrations of Impurities in Natural Waters

• Published in: Doklady earth sciences Vol. 508; no. 1; pp. 42 - 46
• Main Authors: Danilov-Danilyan, V. I., Rozenthal, O. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01-01-2023; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aquatic resources; Dispersion; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Hypotheses; Impurities; Natural waters; Nonlinear systems; Nonlinearity; Problems of Inland Waters; Quality control; River water; Rivers; Thermodynamic equilibrium; Thermodynamics; Water flow; Water pollution; Water quality; Water use; river flow; water quality; impurity concentration; impurity redistribution; thermodynamic equilibrium; macroeffects; water flow rate; turbophoresis; kinetic energy of jets
• ISSN: 1028-334X; 1531-8354
• DOI: 10.1134/S1028334X2260178X

A hypothesis has been put forward about the formation of increased dispersion of the concentration of substances contaminating flowing river water under the influence of internal synergistic factors. The effect is manifested in the dispersion of monitored quality factors, exceeding their average values, which in practice makes it difficult to manage water use. It is assumed that such dispersion is a consequence of the nonlinearity of systems that are far from thermodynamic equilibrium. It is possible that the driving force in this case is the turbophoresis of impurity particles in a turbulent, as a rule, water flow.