Nitrate contamination characteristics and health risk assessment of groundwater in the typical area of the lower Yellow River Basin

Qinghai Deng; Xiao Wu; Wenqiang Zhang; Yue Teng; Changsuo Li; Tianshuo Gu; Caiping Hu; Qingyu Xu; Xiaotian Liu; Shuai Gao

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0349752

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Nitrate contamination characteristics and health risk assessment of groundwater in the typical area of the lower Yellow River Basin

Qinghai Deng,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Shandong Provincial Geo-mineral Engineering Exploration Institute (801 Institute of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology, Shandong Provincial Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources), Jinan, China, College of Earth Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China, Shandong Engineering Research Center for Environmental Protection and Remediation on Groundwater, Jinan, China
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Xiao Wu,

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation College of Earth Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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Wenqiang Zhang ,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: wenqiang2118@126.com (WZ); lics120@163.com (CL)

Affiliations Shandong Provincial Geo-mineral Engineering Exploration Institute (801 Institute of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology, Shandong Provincial Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources), Jinan, China, Shandong Engineering Research Center for Environmental Protection and Remediation on Groundwater, Jinan, China

https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8041-8676

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Yue Teng,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliations Shandong Provincial Geo-mineral Engineering Exploration Institute (801 Institute of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology, Shandong Provincial Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources), Jinan, China, Shandong Engineering Research Center for Environmental Protection and Remediation on Groundwater, Jinan, China
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Changsuo Li ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: wenqiang2118@126.com (WZ); lics120@163.com (CL)

Affiliations Shandong Provincial Geo-mineral Engineering Exploration Institute (801 Institute of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology, Shandong Provincial Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources), Jinan, China, Shandong Engineering Research Center for Environmental Protection and Remediation on Groundwater, Jinan, China
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Tianshuo Gu,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation College of Earth Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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Caiping Hu,

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Shandong Provincial Geo-mineral Engineering Exploration Institute (801 Institute of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology, Shandong Provincial Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources), Jinan, China, Shandong Engineering Research Center for Environmental Protection and Remediation on Groundwater, Jinan, China
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Qingyu Xu,

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Shandong Provincial Geo-mineral Engineering Exploration Institute (801 Institute of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology, Shandong Provincial Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources), Jinan, China, Shandong Engineering Research Center for Environmental Protection and Remediation on Groundwater, Jinan, China
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Xiaotian Liu,

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Shandong Provincial Geo-mineral Engineering Exploration Institute (801 Institute of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology, Shandong Provincial Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources), Jinan, China, Shandong Engineering Research Center for Environmental Protection and Remediation on Groundwater, Jinan, China
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Shuai Gao

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Shandong Provincial Geo-mineral Engineering Exploration Institute (801 Institute of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology, Shandong Provincial Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources), Jinan, China, Shandong Engineering Research Center for Environmental Protection and Remediation on Groundwater, Jinan, China
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Nitrate contamination characteristics and health risk assessment of groundwater in the typical area of the lower Yellow River Basin

Qinghai Deng,
Xiao Wu,
Wenqiang Zhang,
Yue Teng,
Changsuo Li,
Tianshuo Gu,
Caiping Hu,
Qingyu Xu,
Xiaotian Liu,
Shuai Gao

Published: June 26, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0349752

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