Groundwater quality composition and its suitability for drinking in long-term irrigated area

• Autorzy: Dinka Megersa O.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.24425/jwld.2019.127044

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This study presents the hydrochemical composition of groundwater under long-term irrigation of Wonji plain (Ethiopia) and its quality status for drinking purpose. Groundwater samples were collected from 30 groundwater monitoring tube wells installed at different parts of the sugarcane plantation and then analysed for the major physico-chemical quality parameters (pH, EC, major cations and anions) following standard test procedures. The status of groundwater for drinking was compared with WHO and other quality standards. Analytical analysis results indicated that majority of the considered quality parameters are rated above the prescribed tolerable limits for drinking set by WHO. About 97% of the water samples has water quality index in the range of very poor to unfit for drinking. The contamination index is in the ranges of low (–1.0) to high (3.6). In general, the groundwater of the area is unsuitable for human consumption without proper treatment such as boiling, chlorination, filtering, distillation, desalinaization, defluoridation, deionization, demineralization (ionexchange) and membrane processes. Since the TDS concentration is relatively small (<2000 ppm), demineralization process alone can be sufficient to bring the water to an acceptable level.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

contamination; drinking; groundwater; quality index; quality parameters; Wonji

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo ITP
• Czasopismo: Journal of Water and Land Development
• Rocznik: 2020
• Tom: no. 44
• Strony: 43--54
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 55 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Dinka Megersa O.

• University of Johannesburg, Department of Civil Engineering Science, PO Box 524, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2006, South Africa

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