Assessment of groundwater Quality for drinking and irrigation Suitability in El Sadat City Depression Western Desert, Egypt | ||||
| Journal of Environmental Studies and Researches | ||||
| Article 12, Volume 10, Issue 4, December 2020, Page 1388-1399 PDF (1.35 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesr.2023.287072 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Abdel Hamid Abo El Anwar1; Wael Elgarhy* 1; N.N. EL-Hefnay2 | ||||
| 1Environmental Studies and Research Institute, University of Sadat City, Egypt | ||||
| 2Ministry of Investment and international Cooperation, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| ABSTRACT Groundwater in El Sadat City has a particular importance where it is One of the important water sources for fresh water used for drinking and agricultural purposes. Thirty-five groundwater wells were collected during 2017 and were analysis for chemical characteristics.These data has been used to preliminary evaluation of suitability of groundwater for drinking and irrigation purposes using groundwater quality indices which are (DWQI), (IWQI) ,(TDS) The TDS in groundwater varied between 191mg/l to 1578 mg/l with an average value of 484.6 mg/l., the (DWQI) good water type for drinking purpose (65.7 %), poor water are (20 %) from the samples, Very poor water are (11.4 %) , and Unsuitable water is (2.8 %) ,the (IWQI) All samples were of moderate usability for agricultural purposes | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Key words: Physicochemical data; Water Quality; drinking index; Irrigation indices; El Sadat City; Egypt | ||||
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