The groundwater quality of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao: a hydrogeochemical study

Groundwater resources on the Caribbean Islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao are limited and of poor quality. The groundwater of the islands is brackish, due to both seawater mixing and the semi-arid climate of the islands.Two hundred and thirty water samples were collected to relate chemical variations in the groundwater of the three islands to the underlying differences in geology, and to define the natural versus anthropogenic influences. Both the chemical and isotopic (d18O, dD, and d37Cl) compositions of samples were determined. Several geochemical processes are recognised in the chemistr... Mehr ...