Groundwater protection from pollution in the Central Belarus area
https://doi.org/10.29235/1561-8323-2025-69-5-416-424
Abstract
Based on the analysis of the structural and compositional features of Quaternary sediments, soil cover and aeration zone thickness, archive and published data, field and laboratory research materials the region of Central Belarus was zonated according to the degree of natural protection of the first from the surface unconfined aquifer from pollution. Four types of territories were identified: unprotected (3–5 points), insufficiently protected (6–8 points), relatively protected (9–11 points), and protected (12–13 points). It was shown that areas with unprotected and insufficiently protected from pollution groundwater are related mainly to lowlands and flat areas in the central and western parts of Central Belarus. In contrast, areas with relatively protected and protected groundwater are distributed mainly in the western and northeastern parts of the region within the moraine uplands and adjacent plains.
About the Authors
V. I. Pashkevich
Institute for Nature Management of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Belarus
Belarus
Pashkevich Vasiliy I. – Ph. D. (Geology and Mineralogy), Leading Researcher.
10, F. Skoryna Str., 220076, Minsk
A. V. Matveyev
Institute for Nature Management of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Belarus
Belarus
Matveyev Aleksey V. – Academician, D. Sc. (Geology and Mineralogy), Professor
E. A. Kukharik
Institute for Nature Management of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Kukharik Evgeniy A. – Ph. D. (Geology and Mineralogy), Associate Professor, Head of the Laboratory.
10, F. Skoryna Str., 220076, Minsk
A. S. Glaz
Institute for Nature Management of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Belarus
Belarus
Glaz Alexander S. – Researcher.
10, F. Skoryna Str., 220076, Minsk
A. M. Kukharik
Institute for Nature Management of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Belarus
Belarus
Kukharik Anna M. – Engineer.
10, F. Skoryna Str., 220076, Minsk
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