“…These changes have been numerous: water level changes, drying up and flooding of (water) wells, and changes in water chemistry (Lee et al 2013;Muço et al 2012;Semmane et al 2012; Ratnapradipa et al 2012;Reddy et al 2011;Waggoner 2011;Benmenni and Benrachedi 2010;Liu et al 2010;Malakootian and Nouiri 2010;Mokhtari 2010;Lei et al 2008;Yaltirak et al 2005;Claesson et al 2004;Lamontagne 2002;Tokunaga 1999;Ogoshi et al 1996;Rojstaczer et al 1995;Whitehead et al 1984/85). Hydro-geochemical changes have included anomalies of radon, helium, CO 2 , pH, conductivity, Na, K,Mg,Ca,B,Li,Mo,Rb,S,Si,Sr,Cl,HCO 3 ,NO 3 , NO 2 , NH 4 , SO 4 , oxygen-18 (d 18 O), F, total dissolved solids TDS (Reddy et al 2011;Liu et al 2010;Malakootian and Nouiri 2010;Old et al 2005;Claesson et al 2004;Tokunaga 1999), chemical oxygen demand (COD) and biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) (Benmenni and Benrachedi 2010), ammonia nitrogen, total E. coli, the total bacteria number, residual chlorine (Lei et al 2008), As (Ogoshi et al 1996), Cu, Mn, Zn, and Cr (Claesson et al 2004). Earthquakes may affect water systems in various ways.…”