Quality Assessment of Ground Water in Dhamar City, Yemen

Authors

  • Hefdallah Al Aizari Laboratory of Organic Synthesis and Extraction Processes, Faculty of Science, Ibn Tofail University, BP. 133, Morocco Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Education, Thamar University, Yemen
  • Ahamed Lebkiri Laboratory of Organic Synthesis and Extraction Processes, Faculty of Science, Ibn Tofail University, BP. 133
  • Mhammde Fadli Laboratory of health Nutrition and Environment, Faculty of Science, Ibn Tofail University BP. 133
  • Saeed S. Albaseer Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Education, Thamar University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/ije.v6i4.18910

Keywords:

Groundwater, physio-chemical parameters, correlation, Dhamar

Abstract

Chemical and statistical regression analysis on groundwater at five fields (17 sampling wells) located in Dhamar city, the central highlands of Yemen, was carried out. Samples were collected from the ground water supplies (tube wells) during the year 2015. Physical parameters studied include (values between bracket s represents the measured mean values) temperature (T, 25°), total dissolved solids (TDS, 271.47), pH (7.5), and electrical conductivity (EC, 424.18). The chemical parameters investigated include total hardness (TH, 127.45), calcium (Ca2+, 32.89), magnesium (Mg2+, 11.03), bicarbonate (HCO3̶, 143.84), sulphate (SO42-, 143.84), sodium (Na+, 35.11), potassium (K+, 6.28) and Chloride (Cl ̵, 22.69). The results were compared with drinking water quality standards issued by Yemen standards for drinking water. Except for T° and pH, all other measured parameters fall below the minimum permissible limits. The correlation between various physio-chemical parameters of the studied water wells was performed using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) method. The obtained results show that all water samples are potable and can be safely used for both drinking and irrigation purposes. This comes in agreement with the public notion about groundwater of Dhamar Governorate. Sodium Absorption Ratio (SAR) values were calculated and found below 3 except for one drill. The results revealed that systematic calculations of correlation coefficients between water parameters and regression analysis provide a useful means for rapid monitoring of water quality.

International Journal of Environment

Volume-6, Issue-4, Sep-Nov 2017, page: 56-71

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Published

2018-01-09

How to Cite

Aizari, H. A., Lebkiri, A., Fadli, M., & Albaseer, S. S. (2018). Quality Assessment of Ground Water in Dhamar City, Yemen. International Journal of Environment, 6(4), 56–71. https://doi.org/10.3126/ije.v6i4.18910

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Vol. 6 No. 4 (2017)

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Research Article

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