Abstract:
To reveal the current status of acid rain pollution and the chemical composition of precipitation in Huairou District, Beijing, the precipitation data from Huairou District in 2019 were used to analyze the pH value and chemical components of precipitation. The results show that: 1) In 2019, the average pH value of precipitation in Huairou District was 5.85, with 4 occurrences of weakly acidic precipitation, which accounted for 9.1% of the total precipitation events. The pH value was highest in spring, followed successively by winter, summer and autumn. The average annual electrical conductivity of precipitation was 39.8 μS/cm, with the value below 50 μS/cm from July to September. 2) The key chemical components in precipitation were Ca
2+, NH
4+, Mg
2+, SO
42-, NO
3-, and Cl
-, among which the alkaline ions with strong acid-neutralizing capacity, namely Ca
2+, Mg
2+, and NH
4+, accounted for 30.0%, 11.9%, and 58.1% of the neutralization effect, respectively. The average equivalent concentration ratio of SO
42-/NO
3- was 5.0, indicating that the precipitation was of the sulfate type or coal combustion type. The average value of Cl
-/Na
+ was 3.81, suggesting that in addition to being transported from the ocean, Cl
- and Na
+ were also affected by anthropogenic activities. Ca
2+ and Mg
2+ were mainly influenced by external sources such as dust storms. High winds were responsible for the high concentration of NH
4+ in spring. The concentration correlation coefficients between NH
4+ and SO
42- or NO
3- were higher than those between Ca
2+ and SO
42-or NO
3-, indicating that the neutralization effect of the alkaline cation NH
4+ on the acidifying anions SO
42- and NO
3- was greater than that of Ca
2+.