Hypothesis on the Reasons for Strong Variability in the Concentrations of Impurities in Natural Waters

Abstract

Abstract A hypothesis has been put forward about the formation of increased dispersion of the concentration of substances contaminating flowing river water under the influence of internal synergistic factors. The effect is manifested in the dispersion of monitored quality factors, exceeding their average values, which in practice makes it difficult to manage water use. It is assumed that such dispersion is a consequence of the nonlinearity of systems that are far from thermodynamic equilibrium. It is possible that the driving force in this case is the turbophoresis of impurity particles in a turbulent, as a rule, water flow.