Water for Agricultural Purposes in El Wahat El-Baharia, Egypt
Published on by Adi Seno Abyoga, Engineering Intern at ZWA MEV Hainichen in Academic
Abstract
The general aim of the project is to make an analysis for the water quality in El Wahat El Bahariya, Egypt. Elevated iron content has been found throughout various wells, from which water is abstracted and is used for agricultural purposes.
With the established water analysis, it is hoped that further analysis and action can be done in order to reduce the iron content as elevated iron content of more than 5 mg/l is not recommended by Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) for agricultural purposes. An average of 36 mg/l has been found and therefore has passed its limit.
Statistical analyses have been made with the help of cross correlation diagrams and box-whisker plots for essential parameters. To visualize the location, a map has been made with the help of Google Earth Pro engine and QGIS including its wells.
KEYWORDS: Water Analysis; Water Quality; Groundwater Management; Groundwater Monitoring
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Taxonomy
- Groundwater Assessment
- Groundwater Modeling
- Groundwater Pollution
- Geostatistics
- Geographical Information Systems
- Water Resources Management
- Groundwater Quality & Quantity
- Geo-hydrology
- Hydrogeologist
2 Comments
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My experience in similar climatic conditions have shown that the salinity . chlorine content is most important.. If it is more than 200 mg/liter the soil will eventually become saline and most crops will not be able to exist/ Even on sandy soils the problem is serious. In the Imperial Valley of Southern California it took many years to reduce yields, but then the problem is crucial/ Complete water samples several times every year are necessary to unsure proper yields. The onlly crop to continue to produce economical crops over time is date pams, but eventually the yield per tree goes down.
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Very nice article ...... !