Areas built by Neogene volcanic complexes are located in the central and eastern part of Slovakia covering about 10 % of the territory. They belong to the Inner Western Carpathians. The research was divided into two phases. In the first one, primary data from the Geochemical atlas of SR concerning groundwater from neovolcanic complexes were statistically processed and analyzed. In the second phase, field and laboratory methods, methods of classification, statistical and graphical methods were used. The results showed that the chemical composition and physical properties of groundwater are formed by the character of the rock environment, by the depth of circulation and also by properties of source waters. Main features of chemical composition reflecting the neovolcanic origin of groundwater are low TDS value varying by analyzed samples between 85.82 mg l-1 (Veľká Lehota) and 396.48 mg l-1 (Pukanec), presence of SiO2 in the amounts up to 41.76 mg l-1 (Podzámčok), presence of aggressive CO2 in amounts up to 25.19 mg l-1 (Lučina). Five groundwater chemical types were distinguished. The most frequent was the Ca-MgHCO3-SO4 type. In majority cases only primary compounds of the groundwater composition were found. Only in the case of Remetské Hámre groundwater the anthropogenic compound - nitrates was estimated. and Oblasti budované neogénnymi vulkanickými komplexmi sa na Slovensku vyskytujú v jeho centrálnej a východnej časti, pričom tvoria približne 10 % celkovej rozlohy územia. Geologicky patria k Vnútorným Západným Karpatom. Výskumné práce boli rozložené do dvoch fáz. V prvej z nich boli štatisticky a graficky spracované zdrojové dáta z Geochemického atlasu SR týkajúce sa fyzikálnych vlastností a chemického zloženia podzemných vôd pochádzajúcich z neovulkanických komplexov. V druhej fáze boli vykonané terénne a laboratórne práce, použité klasifikačné, štatistické a grafické metódy na analýzu získaných dát. Výsledky výskumu ukázali, že chemické zloženie a fyzikálne vlastnosti podzemných vôd sú formované charakterom horninového prostredia, hĺbkou obehu a tiež vlastnosťami zdrojových vôd. Hlavnými parametrami odrážajúcimi pôvod podzemnej vody v neovulkanitoch sú nízke hodnoty celkovej mineralizácie, ktoré sa u analyzovaných vôd pohybovali medzi 85,82 mg l-1 (Veľká Lehota) a 396,48 mg l-1 (Pukanec), prítomnosť SiO2 v množstvách až do 41,76 mg l-1 (Podzámčok), prítomnosť agresívneho CO2 v množstvách až do 25,19 mg l-1 (Lučina). Bolo rozlíšených 5 chemických typov podzemných vôd. Najčastejšie sa vyskytoval typ Ca-Mg-HCO3-SO4. Vo väčšine prípadov boli v chemickom zložení podzemných vôd dokumentované iba primárne zložky. Len v prípade podzemnej vody z Remetských Hámrov bola určená antropogénna zložka - dusičnany.
The coupled transport of pollutants that are adsorbed to colloidal particles has always been a major topic for environmental sciences due to many unfavorable effects on soils and groundwater. This laboratory column study was conducted under saturated moisture conditions to compare the hydrophobic character of the suspended and mobilized colloids in the percolates released from a wettable subsoil and a water repellent topsoil. Both soils with different organic matter content were analyzed for wettability changes before and after leaching using sessile drop contact angles as well as water and ethanol sorptivity curves, summarized as repellency index. Hydrophobicity of the effluent suspensions was assessed using the C18 adsorption method. Water repellency level of the repellent soil decreased after leaching but remained on a lower level of water repellency, while, the wettable soil remained wettable. The leached colloids from the repellent soil were predominantly hydrophilic and the percentage of the hydrophobic colloid fraction in the effluent did not systematically changed with time. Total colloid release depended on soil carbon stock but not on soil wettability. Our results suggest that due to the respective character of transported colloids a similar co-transport mechanism for pollutants
may occur which does not depend explicitly on soil wettability of the releasing horizon, but could be more affected by total SOM content. Further studies with a wider range of soils are necessary to determine if the dominant hydrophilic character of leached colloids is typical. Due to the mostly hydrophilic colloid character we conclude also that changes in wettability status, i.e. of wettable subsoil horizons due to the leachate, may not necessarily occur very fast, even when the overlaying topsoil is a repellent soil horizon with a high organic matter content.