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Assessment of Groundwater Quality for Different Uses Case Study: El Minya Governorate, Egypt

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Abstract

The prime goals of the present study are to assess trends in the concentrations of the groundwater quality and evaluate this water for domestic, agriculture and various industrial processes.  Groundwater quality indicators were monitored, for the first time, for4 years (2011, 2013, 2014 and -2015) from three wells constructed in El-Sheikh Fadl, Bani Mazar, El Minya Governorate, Egypt. Quality indicators included pH, alkalinity, TDS, hardness, Na+,  k+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Cl-, SO42-, NO3-, S2-, Al3+, Cu2+, Fe2+, Mn2+and Ni2+concentrations.Based on the outcomes, groundwater was classified as brackish water. Elevated pH, alkalinity, Ca2+, SO42-, NO3-, S2-, Al3+, Cu2+, Fe2+, Mn2+and Ni2+ concentrations were observed over monitoring years. Three main Varimax-rotated factors counted for 82.53 % of the total variance of the quality variables revealing how process like water-rock interaction, salinization and industrial pollution influence groundwater quality. The groundwater samples have a mixed mineralization that is possibly pure marine water affected by leaching and dissolution and cation exchange of both meteoric water (rainy water containing cement dust) and terrestrial salts. Groundwater is generally supersaturated with respect to calcite, dolomite and aragonite minerals. The water wells are not suitable for drinking and irrigation. For industrial, the groundwater needs further treatment.

DOI

10.21608/ejabf.2017.4131

Keywords

Groundwater quality, spatial variation, temporal variation, El Minya governorate

Authors

First Name

Hussein

Last Name

El Gammal

MiddleName

Abdel Halim

Affiliation

Secretary General, National Water Research Center (NWRC), Cairo,Egypt

Email

elgammalhussein@gmail.com

City

Cairo

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First Name

Lubna

Last Name

Ibrahim

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Secretary General, National Water Research Center (NWRC), Cairo,Egypt

Email

lubna736@hotmail.com

City

Cairo

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Volume

21

Article Issue

4

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713

Issue Date

2017-10-01

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2017-09-29

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2017-10-01

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1

Page End

20

Print ISSN

1110-6131

Online ISSN

2536-9814

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103

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries

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https://ejabf.journals.ekb.eg/

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22 Jan 2023