Spatial distribution of groundwater quality in connection with the surrounding land use and anthropogenic activity in rural areas

that must be taken into consideration is the water quality in rural areas. Special attention must be given in such cases due to a large number
of possible pollution sources, from industrial or agricultural, to wastewater resulted from human use of water supplies. This paper provided
valuable information on the status of a number of groundwater sources (60 wells) throughout Targoviste Plain, Romania. An extended study
of the spatial distribution of groundwater quality in connection with the surrounding land uses was achieved. The results obtained using
fluorescence spectroscopy have been completed by chemical studies in order to better establish the influence of nearby land use on well
water quality. It was concluded that external influences, such as soil type or land use, had a significant effect on the chemical content of the
shallow groundwater that supplied the wells. High concentrations of different pollutants found in shallow groundwater are determined by
anthropogenic activities, industrial an agricultural, conducted in rural villages and their surrounding areas. High concentrations of humiclike organic matter (OM) were observed in a sparsely populated region, with a forest located nearby, thus evidencing a terrestrial input to
the water system. On the other hand, in the region where the highest concentration of protein-like OM was registered, the land was used for
agricultural purposes.