Geochemistry and Water Quality Assessment of Continental Intercalary Aquifer in Ouargla Region (Sahara, Algeria)

• Autorzy: Boussaada Nawel , Bouselsal Boualem , Benhamida Slimane Abdeldjabbar , Hammad Nabila , Kharroubi Maha

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.12911/22998993/156832

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Groundwater is vital for all living beings and the socio-economic development of arid regions. The present study evaluated the pertinence of groundwater of the continental intercalary (CI) aquifer in the Ouargla region for domestic and agricultural purposes. Sixteen (16) water samples were collected and analyzed for physical parameters, major cations and anions. The appreciation of groundwater potability was compared with the WHO (2017) standards. Agricultural water quality was evaluated using the Irrigation Water Quality Index (IWQI) method and the study of irrigation parameters: EC, SAR, SSP, PI, KR, PS and MAR. The results show that the CI waters are dominated by mixed Ca-Mg-Cl type (56.3%) and Ca-Cl type (43.7%). Natural rock-water interactions, including silicate weathering, evaporite dissolution and cation exchange, were the dominant processes controlling the mineralization of CI waters. According to WHO (2017), EC (100%), T (100%), TDS (100%), Na⁺ (87.5%), K⁺ (100%), Ca²⁺ (12.5%), Mg²⁺ (18.75%), SO₄^2- (100%), and TH (100%), samples exceed the permissible limit, indicating that most of the groundwater samples do not have good quality for drinking purposes. The calculated IWQI showed that 31.25% of the water samples were in the good category and 68.75% in the doubtful category.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Ouargla; CI; continental intercalary; WHO; potability; irrigation; mineralization

• Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Inżynierii Ekologicznej ; Lublin University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Journal of Ecological Engineering
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Vol. 24, nr 2
• Strony: 279--294
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 48 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Boussaada Nawel

• Sahara Geology Laboratory, Department of Earth and Universe Sciences, University of Ouargla, Ouargla, Algeria

autor

Bouselsal Boualem

• Laboratory of Underground Oil, Gas and Aquifer Reservoirs, Department of Earth and Universe Sciences, University of Kasdi Merbah, Route de Ghardaïa, Ouargla, Algeria

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0993-7954

autor

Benhamida Slimane Abdeldjabbar

• Sahara Geology Laboratory, Department of Earth and Universe Sciences, University of Ouargla, Ouargla, Algeria
• National Agency for Hydraulic Resources (ANRH), Ouargla, Algeria

autor

Hammad Nabila

• Sahara Geology Laboratory, Department of Earth and Universe Sciences, University of Ouargla, Ouargla, Algeria

autor

Kharroubi Maha

• Laboratory of Underground Oil, Gas and Aquifer Reservoirs, Department of Earth and Universe Sciences, University of Kasdi Merbah, Route de Ghardaïa, Ouargla, Algeria

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).