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Hydrogeochemical Facies Investigation of Surface and Groundwater Resources at West Luxor Area, Egypt using Spatial and Statistical Techniques

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Water quality and quantity have diminished in the agricultural area of west Luxor due to excessive water use and land management techniques. The current study intends to monitor the hydrogeochemical processes of water resources in Egypt's west Luxor area. In August 2021, 79 surface, shallow, and groundwater samples were collected in the study area. In this investigation, three statistical techniques were used: classical, cluster hydrogeochemical statistical analysis (CA), and geo-statistical analysis. Water characteristics are mapped using the Kriging method, which is a Geo-Statistical tool in ArcMap 10.4.1. The laboratory results of the Piper trainer diagram integration (CA) and geo-statistical prediction maps showed that cations (Na+> Ca2+ > Mg2+ > K+) and anions (Cl-> SO42- > HCO3- > CO32-) dominated. The majority of water types in all samples were Na-Cl, Mixed Na-Cl-HCO3, Mixed Na-Cl-SO4, and Mixed Na-Ca-Mg-HCO3. Prediction maps coincide with hydro-geochemical statistical analysis, which showed that salts and measured heavy metals (Fe, Mn, Co, Ni, Cd, Pb, As) levels in groundwater and shallow water samples were greater than those of Egyptian Standard Limits, while surface water had high pH, HCO-, and CO32- levels, indicating pollution sources. As a result, this study found that combining geostatistical and classical hydrogeochemical statistical analysis produced a good assessment of both natural water processes and water quality in the west Luxor area.

DOI

10.21608/cat.2022.138219.1125

Keywords

Geo-Statistical analysis, Hydrogeochemical investigations, Hydmorphometric parameters, GIS, Luxor hydrogeology

Authors

First Name

Mervat

Last Name

Mossad

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A

Affiliation

Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Damietta University, New Damietta, Egypt.

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mervat.mossad@yahoo.com

City

New Damietta

Orcid

0000-0003-4624-816X

First Name

Maie

Last Name

El-Gammal

MiddleName

Ibrahim

Affiliation

Environment Sciences Department, Faculty of Science, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt

Email

mgammal_147@yahoo.com

City

Damietta

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First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

El-Zeiny

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (NARSS), Egypt

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narss.ahmed@gmail.com

City

Cairo

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First Name

Aly

Last Name

Gebril

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Damietta University, Egypt

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drmohamedaly4@gmail.com

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28601252801579

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25

Article Issue

1

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35684

Issue Date

2022-07-01

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2022-05-13

Publish Date

2022-07-01

Page Start

27

Page End

39

Print ISSN

1687-5052

Online ISSN

2090-2786

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https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_251973.html

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644

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Catrina: The International Journal of Environmental Sciences

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https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/

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Hydrogeochemical Facies Investigation of Surface and Groundwater Resources at West Luxor Area, Egypt using Spatial and Statistical Techniques

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22 Jan 2023