Evaluation of Groundwater Quality and Suitability for Irrigation Purposes and Human Consumption in Saudi Arabia

Author:

Fallatah Othman12,Khattab Mahmoud R.3ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Nuclear Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80204, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia

2. Faculty of Engineering, Radiation Protection & Training Centre, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80204, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia

3. Geochemical Exploration Department, Nuclear Materials Authority (NMA), P.O. Box 530, El-Maadi, Cairo 11381, Egypt

Abstract

Studying groundwater quality is crucial for ensuring its safety because it is widely used for drinking and for domestic, agricultural, and industrial purposes. Owing to the lack of surface water in the Tabuk area of Saudi Arabia, here groundwater wells are one of the primary sources of water for drinking, agriculture, and industry. Groundwater quality is determined by the aquifer characteristics of the regional geology, and it is extensively influenced by both natural and anthropogenic activities. To understand the geochemical evolution and assess the suitability of groundwater for irrigation, major ion geochemistry was utilized to characterize the chemical composition of groundwater in the Tabuk area, which is considered a semiarid plateau region. Depending on its mineral composition, irrigation water’s quality reflects how it affects plants and soil. In total, 80 groundwater samples have been collected and analyzed in laboratory for major cations and anions. Temperature, alkalinity (ALK), pH, total dissolved solids (TDS), electric conductivity (EC), total hardness (TH), oxidation reduction potential (ORP), and cation and anion concentrations were measured. Water chemistry classification was carried out by using a Piper diagram and a Gibbs diagram. In the current study, statistical methods, combined with geochemical modeling and conventional plots, have been used to investigate groundwater and related geochemical processes in the Tabuk area of Saudi Arabia. Applications and calculations of hydrogeochemical parameters, specifically SAR, RSC, PI, CR, MH, Na%, KR, and HI, showed that 92.5% of the collected groundwater well samples are suitable for drinking and irrigation purposes after treatment processes.

Funder

King Abdulaziz University

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Water Science and Technology,Aquatic Science,Geography, Planning and Development,Biochemistry

Reference44 articles.

1. Saud, A.G., and Abdullah, S.A. (2009, January 12–14). Water Resources and Reuse in Al-Madinah. Proceedings of the International Conference on Water Conservation in Arid Regions (ICWCAR’09), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

2. Assessment of water quality using physicochemical parameters of Camligoze Dam Lake in Sivas, Turkey;Dirican;Ecologia,2015

3. Water quality index assessment of Koudiat Medouar reservoir, northeast Algeria using weighted arithmetic index method;Bouslah;J. Water Land Dev.,2017

4. Water quality evaluation and trend analysis in selected watersheds of the Atlantic region of Canada;Khan;Environ. Monit. Assess.,2003

5. Drinking water quality and human health risk in Charsadda district, Pakistan;Khan;J. Clean. Prod.,2013

同舟云学术

1.学者识别学者识别

2.学术分析学术分析

3.人才评估人才评估

"同舟云学术"是以全球学者为主线,采集、加工和组织学术论文而形成的新型学术文献查询和分析系统,可以对全球学者进行文献检索和人才价值评估。用户可以通过关注某些学科领域的顶尖人物而持续追踪该领域的学科进展和研究前沿。经过近期的数据扩容,当前同舟云学术共收录了国内外主流学术期刊6万余种,收集的期刊论文及会议论文总量共计约1.5亿篇,并以每天添加12000余篇中外论文的速度递增。我们也可以为用户提供个性化、定制化的学者数据。欢迎来电咨询!咨询电话:010-8811{复制后删除}0370

www.globalauthorid.com

TOP

Copyright © 2019-2024 北京同舟云网络信息技术有限公司
京公网安备11010802033243号  京ICP备18003416号-3