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GROUNDWATER POTENTIALS OF EOCENE LIMESTONE AQUIFER IN WEST-WEST EL-MINYA AREA, EGYPT

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Abstract

The objective of this research is to estimate the groundwater potentials of the Eocene limestone aquifer through the application of GIS technique on the collected and measured data of the drilled wells. Through the investigation of 53 drilled wells, the depth to water increases from 70.8 m at south to 103.8 m at north. Thegroundwater flow direction is from east to west and from south to north. The salinity ranges from 1000 mg/l to 2982 mg/l. The penetrated depth of the aquifer ranges between 175 m and 500 m. The Eocene fractured limestone aquifer is considered as highly productive aquifer having transmissivity values of 99 - 20160 m2/day and attaining specific capacity values range between < 18 m3/h/m and > 300 m3/h/m. The geologic structures have a considerable effect on aquifer productivity due to increasing the fracture systems and caves. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technique was appliedas a tool to achieve the target of this study, where two scenarios were proposed. In scenario 1, the economic factor is the main factor in the process of extracting groundwater; the western and northeastern parts have the best priority representing 71.7% (100406 Feddan) of the investigated area. In scenario 2, the high productivity of groundwater is the influencing factor; the northern half of the study area and the southwestern corner have the high productivity zones representing about 60.8% (85058 Feddan) of the investigated area.

DOI

10.21608/ejdr.2020.31736.1072

Keywords

Eocene, limestone, Aquifer, specific capacity, Potentials

Authors

First Name

Sawsan

Last Name

Ibrahem

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Affiliation

Department of Hydrology, Desert Research Center, El-Matareya, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

sawsanmoselhy@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

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First Name

Mohammed

Last Name

Elalfy

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Affiliation

Hydrology Design Engineer, Khatib and Alami Company, Cairo, Egypt

Email

m.y.elalfy@gmail.com

City

Cairo

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First Name

Mona

Last Name

Hagras

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Affiliation

Department of Irrigation and Hydraulic, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

mona_hagras@eng.asu.edu.eg

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Cairo

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Volume

70

Article Issue

1

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16347

Issue Date

2020-06-01

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2020-06-03

Publish Date

2020-06-30

Page Start

59

Page End

82

Print ISSN

1687-8043

Online ISSN

2356-9875

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https://ejdr.journals.ekb.eg/article_108103.html

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117

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Egyptian Journal of Desert Research

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https://ejdr.journals.ekb.eg/

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GROUNDWATER POTENTIALS OF EOCENE LIMESTONE AQUIFER IN WEST-WEST EL-MINYA AREA, EGYPT

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22 Jan 2023