Geophysical and hydrological investigations at the west bank of Nile River (Luxor, Egypt)

Elwaseif, Mehrez; Ismail, Ahmed; Abdalla, Mohamed A.; Abdelrahman, Mohammed; Hafez, Mahfooz

doi:10.1007/s12665-012-1525-2

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“…Since construction of the High Dam, growing population, economic growth and agricultural expansion lead to extensive water consumption and increasing water demand. Moreover, climate change and degradation of groundwater quality imposed more challenges on future water demand (El Tahlawi et al 2008;Ahmed 2009Ahmed , 2013El-Nahry and Doluschitz 2010;Ahmed and Ali 2011;Elwaseif et al 2012;McCarl et al 2013).…”

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Water use at Luxor, Egypt: consumption analysis and future demand forecasting

2013

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Water resources in Egypt are becoming scarce and the demand for clean drinking water supply is one of the most important priorities of the Egyptian government in recent years. Analyzing water use and future demand forecasting is a primitive clue for water demand management. Water in Luxor is used for agricultural, residential, institutional, commercial, and touristic purposes. The results of water use analysis indicated that for the time period from 1983 to 2012, agriculture is the highest consumer of water which reached about 94.76-97.38 % followed by residential water consumption (1.90-3.05 %), institutional water consumption (0.71-1.75 %), and touristic water consumption (0.02-0.43 %), respectively. The future demand forecasting results revealed that the present situation may continue to rise in the next 50 years which will increase the water demand with a water deficit ranging between 15 and 114 MCM/year. To fill the gap between the present water consumption and future residential, institutional, commercial, and touristic water demand, additional municipal facilities, and improvement and management of water supply/demand are needed. To cope with the predicted future water demand, it is recommended to improve the on-farm irrigation, reduce the demand for irrigation water, rationalize the irrigation water use, and enhance the integrated role of water users in integrated water resources management.

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Water use at Luxor, Egypt: consumption analysis and future demand forecasting

2013

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“…Besides the importance of Luxor city as a tourism spot and the increasing in the population numbers in Luxor city, most of the urban encroachment has been focused on the archaeological areas. Many environmental studies have been carried out in the Luxor area [53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63]. Most of these references focused on hydrology, geology, and climate setting for monitoring the environmental status around the archaeological areas, which are necessary, but performed using the classical methods.…”

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Geo-Environmental Estimation of Land Use Changes and Its Effects on Egyptian Temples at Luxor City

Elfadaly

Wafa

Abouarab

et al. 2017

IJGI

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Over the years, the Egyptian temples at Luxor city have been intensely investigated, but most of these studies just focused on the classical sides of the archaeological and historical descriptions. Many of the environmental problems are the inevitable results of the unplanned urban crawling around the monuments temples. This paper aims at assessing the environmental changes around some temples of Luxor City using remote sensing and GIS techniques. In particular, a historical database made up of Corona and Landsat TM data have been investigated along with the new acquisitions of Quickbird 2 and Sentinel 2. Results from our investigation highlighted rapid changes in urban and agricultural areas, which adversely affected the Egyptian monumental temples causing serious degradation phenomena. Using the information obtained from our RS&GIS based analysis, mitigation strategies have been also identified for supporting the preservation of the archaeological area.

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“…Compared to other areas in the west of Sohag (Omer and Abdel Moneim ) not affected by wastewater effluent, this study area showed Na/K ratios ranging from 13.80 to 165.4. Data from Elwaseif et al () for non‐impacted groundwater from Luxor, Egypt, showed Na/K values range from 23.75 to 55.71. Data from Masoud et al () for non‐impacted groundwater from west of Armant, Upper Egypt, showed Na/K values range from 13.48 to 142.86.…”

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Using Na/K Ratios to Identify the Potential Impacts of Sewage Effluent on Groundwater Quality in Sohag, Egypt

Redwan¹,

Moneim²

2016

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Improper disposal of wastewater is an important source of groundwater contamination, as it poses serious threats to the environment and human health. In this case study, 18 groundwater and 3 sewage effluent samples were collected from the area adjacent to a wastewater treatment plant in Sohag, Egypt. These samples were subjected to detailed chemical and bacteriological analyses to quantify the potential impact of sewage effluent on the groundwater quality using geochemical indicators. The groundwater aquifer in the study area is represented by the highly permeable Qena Sands that are composed of sands and gravels. The bacteriological analyses indicated the presence of fecal coliform in groundwater at wells nearby the wastewater ponds and farm lands. NH4 concentration of the contaminated groundwater samples ranged from 0.36 to 5.70 mg/L (78% of the samples > 1.20 mg/L) and the NH4 in the non‐impacted samples ranged from 0.40 to 2.23 mg/L (22% > 1.20 mg/L). Variations in NH4 concentrations are due to the transformation processes occurring in the aquifer. The groundwater samples were categorized based on the Na/K ratio into two classes. The first class shows the Na/K ratios vary from 2.52 to 12.19 for sewage effluent and contaminated samples, while in the second class they range from 12.85 to 31.60 for non‐impacted samples. As a result, the Na/K ratio in combination with other chemical and microbiological indicators is a useful screening tool for assessing possible sewage influence on shallow groundwater from shallow wells.

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Geophysical and hydrological investigations at the west bank of Nile River (Luxor, Egypt)

Cited by 21 publications

References 12 publications

Water use at Luxor, Egypt: consumption analysis and future demand forecasting

Water use at Luxor, Egypt: consumption analysis and future demand forecasting

Geo-Environmental Estimation of Land Use Changes and Its Effects on Egyptian Temples at Luxor City

Using Na/K Ratios to Identify the Potential Impacts of Sewage Effluent on Groundwater Quality in Sohag, Egypt

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