Groundwater Quality in Kentucky: pH

Authors

R. Stephen Fisher

Abstract

The parameter pH (the negative base-10 logarithm of hydrogen ion activity, measured in moles per liter) indicates whether a substance will behave as an acid or base. It is one of the most important parameters that describe groundwater quality, because pH largely controls the amount and chemical form of many organic and inorganic solutes in groundwater.

Publication Date

2002

Series

Series XII

Report Number

Information Circular 6

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.13023/kgs.ic06.12

Notes

© 2002 Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky

Repository Citation

Fisher, R. Stephen, "Groundwater Quality in Kentucky: pH" (2002). Information Circular--KGS. 2.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/kgs_ic/2