Hydrochemical assessment of groundwater from shallow aquifers in parts of Wadi Al Hamad, Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Alharbi, Obaid Aziz; Loni, Oumar Allafouza; Zaidi, Faisal K.

doi:10.1007/s12517-016-2805-z

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“…Results of the correlation analysis showed that Cr and Cu in DW samples had a positive correlation. This was attributed to the eroding of igneous rocks in the region [88,89]. Moreover, Fe and Zn were positively correlated, which implies that the MMs appear to have a geogenic origin [90].…”

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Pollution and Risk Evaluation of Toxic Metals and Metalloid in Water Resources of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines

2023

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Clean and safe drinking water is an integral part of daily living and is considered as a basic human need. Hence, this study investigated the suitability of the domestic water (DW) and groundwater (GW) samples with respect to the presence of metals and metalloid (MMs) in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines. The MMs analyzed in the area of study for DW and GW were Arsenic (As), Barium (Ba), Copper (Cu), Chromium (Cr), Iron (Fe), Lead (Pb), Manganese (Mn), Nickel (Ni), and Zinc (Zn). The results revealed that Pb has the mean highest concentration for DW, while Fe is in GW resources in the area. Quality evaluation of DW and GW was performed using Metal Pollution Index (MPI), Nemerow’s Pollution Index (NPI), and Ecological Risk Index (ERI). The mean NPI value calculated for DW was 135 times greater than the upper limit of the unpolluted location category. The highest NPI observed was 1080 times higher than the upper limit of the unpolluted site category. That of the ERI observed in the area was 23.8 times higher than the upper limit for a “low” ERI category. Furthermore, the health risk assessment (HRA) of the GW and DW of the study area revealed non-carcinogenic health risks of the MMs analyzed in GW samples, and potential carcinogenic health risks from As, Cr, Pb, and Ni in DW. The use of machine learning geostatistical interpolation (MLGI) mapping to illustrate the PI and health risk (HR) in the area was an efficient and dependable evaluation tool for assessing and identifying probable MMs pollution hotspots. The data, tools, and the process could be utilized in carrying out water assessment, the evaluation leading to a comprehensive water management program in the area and neighboring regions of similar conditions.

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Pollution and Risk Evaluation of Toxic Metals and Metalloid in Water Resources of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines

2023

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“…The details of the studies considered are given in Table 2. [48] Wadi Marwani "Hydrogeochemical processes, drinking and irrigation water quality" Piper, Schoeller, Wilcox Al-Barakah et al [49] Zamzam, Makkah "Microbial assessment, hydrogeochemistry" WQI, SI, Piper, Schoeller, and Durov diagrams, Wilcox Alfaifi [27] Rabigh area "Hydrogeochemistry, high salinity, nitrate, Fe, Cr, Mn" Durov, Piper, PCA Alharbi et al [50] Wadi Al Hamad, Madinah "Hydrogeochemistry, drinking and agricultural water quality" bivariate plots, Piper Diagram and Gibbs plot, USSL plot, SAR, RSC, and Kelly's index, PCA, SI Almadani et al [51] Alwadeen area "Fluoride and nitrate pollution" SI, Piper Al-Omran et al [25] Al-Kharj "Geostatistics, drinking water quality"…”

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Groundwater Quality Studies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Prevalent Research and Management Dimensions

Mallick

Singh

Mesfer

et al. 2021

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Groundwater is a valuable resource because it is widely used for drinking, and for domestic, agricultural, and industrial purposes. Globally, Saudi Arabia is known to be one of the driest regions with scarce water resources. The shallow groundwater near the major cities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is becoming polluted because of industrial effluent discharge, use of fertilizers in agriculture and domestic sewerage in the region. This review tries to focus on groundwater quality problems due to anthropogenic or geogenic sources in the region of Saudi Arabia. In this paper, we focus on different water-quality variables, for groundwater quality evaluation and aquifer vulnerability assessment due to pollutants/contaminants present in groundwater. The current study gives a holistic understanding of different groundwater quality problems and therefore identifies the gaps of the previous studies and identifies the viewpoints of the future research dimensions. We describe the different groundwater quality problems related to toxicities of the fluoride, nitrate, and heavy metals and radionuclides in Saudi Arabia. A majority of the groundwater pollutants are of natural origin, but there is significant wastewater effluent discharge in the region that is also responsible for contamination of aquifers with heavy metals.

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“…These factors lead to in uence the initial chemical composition and hydrogeochemical groundwater facies ( Increasing water demand, in arid and semi-arid regions due to agricultural, urban and industrial development, greatly stressed the water resources. The utility of water in drinking water, agriculture, domestic and industrial supply is related at the water quality (Ameur et al, 2015;Alharbi et al, 2017; Houatmia et al, 2015).…”

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“…The groundwater mineralization is affected by many factors; the natural processes (atmospheric input, the dissolution/precipitation, geology of the reservoir, groundwater recharge source and climate) and anthropogenic activities (agriculture, urbanization, industry) (Mouna et al, 2017) Increasing water demand, in arid and semi-arid regions due to agricultural, urban and industrial development, greatly stressed the water resources. The utility of water in drinking water, agriculture, domestic and industrial supply is related at the water quality (Ameur et al, 2015;Alharbi et al, 2017;Houatmia et al, 2015).…”

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Integrated Hydrochemistry and Statistical Methods to Investigate Groundwater Origin and Salinization Process in Arid Regions (Central-eastern Tunisia)

Souei¹,

Hamzaoui‐Azaza²,

Zouaghi³

et al. 2021

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Hydrochemistry is a discipline widely used given the groundwater quantitative and qualitative reliability in the hydrogeological study. The geochemical study of groundwater in the Nadhour-Sisseb-El Alem basin aimed to characterize the water chemistry, determination of the physicochemical parameters and chemical facies well as and the mineralization processes. The Piper and Durov diagrams and scatter plots, conventional classification techniques, are applied to evaluate the geochemical processes. Samples are classified using two multivariate statistical methods, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA). Waters compositions are affected by cation exchange reactions in the intercalated clay, resulting in a Na+ increase, and peaks of K+, Ca2+ and Mg2+. PCA analyses show that the water samples have been classified into 8 groups. The waters quality deterioration is caused essentially by; overexploitation, decreased in freshwater recharge rates, climate condition; height evaporation low precipitation, artificial recharge by dam water, and irrigation return water.

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Hydrochemical assessment of groundwater from shallow aquifers in parts of Wadi Al Hamad, Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Cited by 8 publications

References 47 publications

Pollution and Risk Evaluation of Toxic Metals and Metalloid in Water Resources of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines

Pollution and Risk Evaluation of Toxic Metals and Metalloid in Water Resources of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines

Groundwater Quality Studies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Prevalent Research and Management Dimensions

Integrated Hydrochemistry and Statistical Methods to Investigate Groundwater Origin and Salinization Process in Arid Regions (Central-eastern Tunisia)

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