Assessment of Seawater Intrusion in Fushe Kuqe Aquifer, Albania

Abstract

The

Use of Multivariate Statistical Analysis of Hydrochemical Data for the Identification of the Geochemical Processes in the Tirana-Fushe Kuqe Alluvial Aquifer, North-Western Albania

“…The chloride content in the groundwater of the southern -central areas of the basin is generally less than 20 mg/l, which is compatible with its content in the rivers crossing this area such as Lana (10 mg/l), Tirana (11.1 mg/l), Terkuza (16 mg/l) and Zeza (12 mg/l) [Eftimi et al, 2006]. There is an apparent increase, from east to west, of the chloride content in the groundwater of the northern aquifer extension, which becomes faster in its coastal area where values over 500 mg/l Clare met [Cenameri and Beqiraj 2016].…”

“…Component PC2 explains 25.74% amount of the overall variance and is labeled by very high positive loadings in Na + , K + and Cland moderate to high loadings of TDS (Table 5). This factor indicates that the highest values of TDS in groundwater are closely related to elevated concentrations of Na + and Cl -; thus, it accounts for the spatial salinity of the groundwater affected by seawater intrusion [Cenameri, et al, 2016] , respectively, and together account for 19.26% of the overall variance.…”

Untitled

“…Nevertheless of a lack of a continuous monitoring of chloride concentration in groundwater from coastal, an temporal advance of seawater towards the aquifer is reported by Ref. [9] who confronted chloride content in groundwater in well No. 6 and 10, measured in the years 1984, 1999 and 2017.…”

Untitled

“…The heavier saltwater flows in from the sea and a wedge-shaped body of saltwater develops beneath the lighter freshwater, with the freshwater thickness decreasing from the wedge towards the sea. The presence of sea water intrusion in Fushë Kuqe aquifer is reported by different authors [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12], whose opinions have some differences regarding salt water origin along the western coastal area of the aquifer.…”