El-Salaam Canal project, Sinai II. Chemical water quality investigations

Hafez, Azza; Khedr, Maaly; El-Katib, Kamel; Alla, Hanaa Gad; El-Manharawy, Samir

doi:10.1016/j.desal.2007.06.031

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“…The DO concentration amounted to 4.5 mg/L in the El-Salam Canal at the connection with the El-Serw drain and 5.1 mg/L at the connection with the Bahr Hadous drain in August. This result is consistent with the results of Hafez et al [38], who indicated that the DO levels of Nile River water decreased sharply after the mixing point with the El-Serw and Bahr Hadous drains. One of the plausible reasons for low DO is due to the discharge of domestic wastewater into these drainage canals causing a depletion of oxygen.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…These notions are indeed in agreement with those reported by El Gammal [37]. Moreover, Hafez et al [38] detected high TDS fluctuation and variation in the canal after mixing with the Bahr Hadous drain (34-85%) and the El-Serw drain (31-57%). El-Sheekh et al [39] found that electrical conductivity (EC), TDS, salinity, and chloride were maximized at levels of 5616 µs/cm, 10,636 mg/L, 10.9%, and 5.1 g/L, respectively, at the Bahr Hadous drain, and decreased to minimum values of 1933 µs/cm for EC, 2104 mg/L for TDS, 2.6% for salinity, and 1.2 g/L for chlorides at the intake point (i.e., the Nile River).…”

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confidence: 90%

“…BOD 5 of the El-Serw drain (21-51 mg/L) and Bahr Hadous drain (30-136 mg/L) were generally higher than that for the main channel of the Nile River (6-34 mg/L). Hafez et al [38] noticed that the BOD 5 levels in the canal were high due to the supply of ADW to the canal with the BOD 5 values being recorded as 75 mg/L in June 2004 and 33 mg/L in November 2004 after mixing with El-Serw drain water. The highest value of BOD 5 was 112 mg/L in June 2004 (Bahr Hadous drain), and the lowest value was 43 mg/L in December 2004 after mixing with El-Serw drain water.…”

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Assessing the Agricultural Drainage Water with Water Quality Indices in the El-Salam Canal Mega Project, Egypt

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Ibrahim

Mahmod

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The water quality index (WQI) is considered one of the most promising methods for the classification of water quality (WQ), which also contributes to water resource management. This study adopted the irrigation WQ index (IWQI) and an analogous index based on a fuzzy logic approach, namely, the fuzzy logic water reuse index (FWRI) to assess the water quality in the El-Salam canal project in Egypt where agriculture drainage water (ADW) is expected to be reused for irrigation. Simulated WQ data using a one-dimensional hydrodynamic model indicated that the WQ deteriorated towards the downstream of the canal due to the polluted water discharged from canal feeders (e.g., the El-Serw and Bahr Hadous drains). The comparison of the FWRI and IWQI indices showed that the FWRI was more sensitive to variations in the WQ parameters compared to the IWQI. In contrast, the Z-test indicated that the indices have different statistical properties. Moreover, a chi-square test (X2) illustrated that the FWRI and IWQI values can both reasonably explain the current situation. However, the FWRI was more relevant to the official classification than the IWQI. Overall, the FWRI proved its capability and accuracy for the assessment of water quality in the El-Salam canal.

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Assessing the Agricultural Drainage Water with Water Quality Indices in the El-Salam Canal Mega Project, Egypt

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“…Therefore, its water quality for different proposes is of much concern, and justifies including bacteriological analyses in the present study. Our results are agree Hafez et al (2008) remarkable that heavy metal concentrations limit in their studying area are not acceptable for animal drinking or irrigation purposes. The quality of El-Salam Canal water should be addressed to help monitoring and mitigating the negative impacts of the reused drainage water of the canal on the surrounding environment of north Sinai (Othman et al, 2012).…”

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Studies on Some Heavy Metals and Bacterial Pollutants in Tilapia Fish of El Salam Canal, Northern Sinai, Egypt.

2017

Egypt. J. of Aquatic Biolo. and Fish.

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The present study was conducted to investigate the distribution of bacteria and selected heavy metals (Al, Fe, Zn, Mn, Cu, Cd, Pb, Co, Ni and Cr) in water samples and in the gills and muscles of the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) grown along El-Salam Canal zone. Samples were analyzed by inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). The concentrations of heavy metals in water samples showed the high levels of heavy metals in the studying area. The levels of heavy metals in the fish samples can be considered as a serious matter of concern as it may be consumed and it signifies the degradation of canal quality. Regarding to microbiological analysis, the results showed an increase in some bacterial pollutants which linked with human disease. The counts of pathogenic bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa ranged from 80 to 200 MPN/100 ml, while that of Salmonella-Shigella varied from 0 to 30 CFUml and E.coli colony number range from 0 to 10. In addition, the fish caught from the study area revealed the presence of different bacterial species. A total of eight bacterial species were isolated from fish and identified biochemically as Salmonella spp., Enterobacter cloacae, Rhizobium radiobacte., Fluorescens spp., Listeria monocytogenes, Streptococcus agalactiae, Streptococcus iniae and Aeromonas hydrophila. The bacterial count from each sample revealed 44.5 x10 7 cfug-1 from the gills, 20 x10 8 cf ug-1 from the intestine and 38.75x10 8 cfug-1 from the skin. The isolates were found to be of medical importance, so restricted measurements should be taken to inhibit the spreading of pollutant sources in El-Salam Canal.

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“…At each site, a number of samples were investigated. To predict the minimum number of soil samples required to estimate the average element concentration in the investigated environment, we employed the equation: n = (ts/e) 2 (Avery and Burkhart 1994) and the results of previous studies on the same area (Hafez et al 2008, El-Sisi 2015 where; t is the tstatistic value selected for a given confidence level, s is the standard deviation, and e is the acceptable level of error or uncertainty. We assumed 100 degrees of freedom at 95% confidence level, the corresponding t value is 1.98, the standard deviation values of soil content of Mn and Zn were 0.82 and 0.48, respectively.…”

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Ecological Assessment of some Trace Elements Status in North Sinai

Abdelmottaleb

Ibrahim

Moured

2017

Alexandria Science Exchange Journal

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The accumulation of trace elements in cropland soils poses a growing threat to sustainable agriculture development, and their dynamics throughout ecosystem components are among the most complicated issues to study and the most expensive to remediate. Hence, this paper proposes the forward mass balance modelling of any element as an approach to monitor and assess its status in cropland ecosystem, and to predict long-term results by computer simulations. Status of Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Ni, Mo and B in wheat and broad bean crops, irrigation water, fertilizers, and soil from North Sinai were investigated. The concentrations of the studied elements were within the permissible limits in most cases and beyond those limits in some cases. The seasonal input by irrigation and by fertilizers of each element was determined and the output by harvested crops and through leachate was estimated, all in units of g.ha -1 and g.kg -1 . Also, the baseline values of the studied elements in the study area were reported for future reference as well as the mathematical description of the proposed approach. The quantitative profiling indicated that the current land use has increased soil content of Mn, Zn, Ni, Mo and B. Irrigation water was identified as the cause of soil enrichment with B and Mo; manure was the main source of Ni and Zn; while both were the main sources of Mn. The equilibrium between the input and the output was found to be the status of Fe and Cu. Analysis of the results showed the need to an interactive multi-criteria risk assessment framework in which considers all ecosystem components and the local conditions.

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El-Salaam Canal project, Sinai II. Chemical water quality investigations

Cited by 19 publications

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Assessing the Agricultural Drainage Water with Water Quality Indices in the El-Salam Canal Mega Project, Egypt

Assessing the Agricultural Drainage Water with Water Quality Indices in the El-Salam Canal Mega Project, Egypt

Studies on Some Heavy Metals and Bacterial Pollutants in Tilapia Fish of El Salam Canal, Northern Sinai, Egypt.

Ecological Assessment of some Trace Elements Status in North Sinai

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