The excessive use of nitrogen-based fertilizers during flood irrigation, pesticide, waste disposal and industrial waste,
seepage from septic tanks and evaporation processes during flood irrigation affects to the extent onto the groundwater
quality of the shallow Quaternary aquifer of Bani-Suif west area, Egypt. A combination of major, heavy metals and
nitrate has been used to characterize the groundwater in the investigated area. For this aspect, thirteen groundwater
samples belong to that aquifer were collected. The total dissolved salts were varied between 327 and 2436 mg/l. Despite,
the majority of the groundwater salinity was under the permissible limit for drinking, it was found to be unsuitable for
human drinking, where they have had high concentrations of nitrate, which ranges from 366.41 to 1535.9 mg/l
(exceeding the permissible limit, 45 mg/l). Because the aquifer has a high potentiality of groundwater, therefore, it is a
must to re-use this high quantity of groundwater. Membrane technology was found to be the most suitable technique to
overcome this problem. Therefore, three different types of thin film composite membranes (PA, PA/SiO2, and PA/SW- CNT's) were prepared using the interfacial polymerization technique. The change of surface morphology of membranes
because of addition of nanomaterials was characterized using Scanning Electron Microscopy, where the surface of the
nanocomposite membranes was shown to be rougher than the unmodified membrane. In addition, the membranes were
tested with a cross-flow apparatus to determine their performance in terms of water flux, salt rejection, and nitrate
removal. However, the nanomaterials have been added to enhance the membrane water flux and even the salt rejection. It
was observed that; nitrate rejection was shown to be decreased in the order of PA/SW-CNT's > PA/SiO2 > PA. Where,
PA/SW-CNTs reduced the nitrate concentration of a natural groundwater sample from 366.41 to 21.98 mg/l, i.e. under
the permissible limit.