%0 Journal Article %A LIU Yong-lin %A LUO Kun-li %T Hydro-geochemistry and Geological Genesis of Natural Water in Karst Region in Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province %D 2016 %R 10.11988/ckyyb.20150718 %J Journal of Yangtze River Scientific Research Institute %P 28-35 %V 33 %N 10 %X Nine river water samples and 27 fissure water samples were collected to study the ion chemistry and geological genesis of natural water in Karst Region in Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province by means of statistical approaches such as Piper trilinear chart, Ion ratio and saturation index method. Results showed that the predominant anion and cation was HCO3-(relative concentration: 67.3% and 70.0%) and Ca2+ (relative concentration: 60.0% and 72.1%), respectively. Total hardness (TH) in 81.7% of natural water from the fluorosis area in Zhaotong was between 75 and 300 mg/L. The F- concentration (mean value 0.1 mg/L) of natural water from the fluorosis area in Zhaotong was well below the standards for drinking water quality (1.0 mg/L). The hydro-chemistry type of fissure water, of which aquifer rock was carbonatite, was Ca-HCO3 and Ca·Mg-HCO3. It is concluded that aquifer lithology controlled the hydro-chemistry of fissure water. High quality water could be found in aquifer rock which is carbonatite and unitary lithology in the fluorosis area of Zhaotong City. %U http://ckyyb.crsri.cn/EN/10.11988/ckyyb.20150718