Characteristic of groundwater potentialities in West Nile Valley South, Minia Governorate, Egypt

Ismail, Esam; El-Sayed, E.; Sakr, Sameh A.; Youssef, Emad

doi:10.1007/s12517-017-3302-8

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“…The Korba area is mainly covered by six types of lithological units that were ranked based on available porosity and permeability values of aquifer rocks. Sedimentary features, such as sand and sandstone, generally demonstrate very high porosity (20-31%) and permeability (500-7000 mD) and they are capable of accumulating and storing large volumes of groundwater [54][55][56].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The representative weight of a factor influencing recharge potential is the sum of all weights from each factor. Major effects were assigned a weight of 1.0 whereas minor influential relationships were given a weight of 0.5 [55][56][57]. Furthermore, the classes with no effect on groundwater recharge were assigned a weight of zero.…”

Section: Multi-influencing Factors (Mif)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Drainage density (DD): DD is another factor that affects the movement of water and groundwater recharge [44,48,55]. It is a measure of how a watershed is drained by stream channels.…”

Section: Evaluation Of Factors Governing Groundwater Recharge Zonesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Using Analytical Hierarchy Process and Multi-Influencing Factors to Map Groundwater Recharge Zones in a Semi-Arid Mediterranean Coastal Aquifer

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Mapping groundwater recharge zones (GWRZs) is essential for planning artificial recharge programs to mitigate groundwater decline and saltwater intrusion into coastal aquifers. We applied two multi-criteria decision-making approaches, namely the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and the multi-influencing factors (MIF), to map GWRZs in the Korba aquifer in northeastern Tunisia. GWRZ results from the AHP indicate that the majority (69%) of the area can be classified as very good and good for groundwater recharge. The MIF results suggest larger (80.7%) very good and good GWRZs. The GWRZ maps improve groundwater balance calculations by providing estimates of recharge-precipitation ratios to quantify percolation. Lithology, land use/cover and slope were the most sensitive parameters followed by geomorphology, lineament density, rainfall, drainage density and soil type. The AHP approach produced relatively more accurate results than the MIF technique based on correlation of the obtained GWRZs with groundwater well discharge data from 20 wells across the study area. The accuracy of the approaches ultimately depends on the classification criteria, mean rating score and weights assigned to the thematic layers. Nonetheless, the GWRZ maps suggest that there is ample opportunity to implement aquifer recharge programs to reduce groundwater stress in the Korba aquifer.

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Using Analytical Hierarchy Process and Multi-Influencing Factors to Map Groundwater Recharge Zones in a Semi-Arid Mediterranean Coastal Aquifer

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Mirchi

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“…The aquifer system in the investigated area was categorized through analyses of collected groundwater samples at each irrigation event from two wells drilled in the study area, in addition to available review related to hydrology of the area under investigation (Zaki et al, 2015 andIsmail et al, 2017). Quaternary aquifer symbolizes the main aquifer in the Western Desert and consisted of massive cross-bedded fluvial sand with gravel and clay sediments and resets directly on the Pliocene clay and fissured Eocene limestone.…”

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“…The scenario of water shortage appears more serious for Eastern and Western desert province where groundwater is generally questioned in terms of safety for irrigation without amendments. However, groundwater is a common source of saline water in most arid and semiarid regions of the world where many countries are underlain by saline groundwater (Zaki et al, 2018;Ismail et al, 2017). Salinity, water shortage and low water quality are the main problems for the agricultural production under such circumstances where the available irrigation water has a relatively high salt content.…”

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Evaluation of Groundwater Quality for Irrigation and its Effects on some Soil Chemical Properties in the Western Desert of El-Minia Governorate, Egypt

Abdel-Mageed

Hassan

Abdel-Rahim

et al. 2018

Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering

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In the Western Desert of El-Minia Governorate, the area of future strategic inventory to Egypt, groundwater is the chief source of water supply for agriculture and domestic uses. Field trails were conducted for two successive growth seasons of tomato grown in newly reclaimed lands, irrigated with groundwater (EC 2.24 and 3.86 dS m-1), subjected to water stress (irrigation every 3, 4, and 5 days), and fertilized with different potassium levels. The experiments were carried out at the Agricultural Experiments and Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Minia University, El-Minia Governorate, Egypt, to evaluate groundwater suitability for irrigation and to determine effects of groundwater salinity and irrigation intervals on soil salinity build up and some soil chemical properties using drip irrigation system under application of potassium fertilization. The obtained results indicated that groundwater is suitable for crop irrigation in terms of some chemical criteria features of water quality such as sodium adsorption ratio, pH, Na/Cl ratio, Ca/Mg ratio, and magnesium hazard. On the other hand, groundwater is unsuitable for crop irrigation due to other features such as high concentration of total dissolved salts (ranged from 1477 to 2497 mg L-1) and water EC (ranged from 2.24 to 3.86 dS m-1), chloride and bicarbonate concentration. The higher electrical conductivity values lie under degree of restriction on use ''Severe'', indicating that using such groundwater in irrigation may cause a severe salinity problem in soils on the long-term saline irrigation if not managed properly. Higher levels of water salinity and lower irrigation intervals significantly increased initial soil electrical conductivity, soil salinity build up, and soil pH due to increased water salinity levels and inadequate irrigation and drainage water. As a result of physicochemical groundwater characteristics, groundwater in the Western Desert aquifer is may be used carefully for irrigation of some suitable crops under certain conditions. Results of this research evidently specified that if suitable irrigation management practices were adopted, it is feasible to irrigate crops using relatively high saline water under arid conditions.

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Numerical modeling technique for groundwater management in Samalut city, Minia Governorate, Egypt

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Characteristic of groundwater potentialities in West Nile Valley South, Minia Governorate, Egypt

Cited by 13 publications

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Using Analytical Hierarchy Process and Multi-Influencing Factors to Map Groundwater Recharge Zones in a Semi-Arid Mediterranean Coastal Aquifer

Using Analytical Hierarchy Process and Multi-Influencing Factors to Map Groundwater Recharge Zones in a Semi-Arid Mediterranean Coastal Aquifer

Evaluation of Groundwater Quality for Irrigation and its Effects on some Soil Chemical Properties in the Western Desert of El-Minia Governorate, Egypt

Numerical modeling technique for groundwater management in Samalut city, Minia Governorate, Egypt

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