Pathline-calibrated groundwater flow models of Nile Valley aquifers, Esna, upper Egypt

Brikowski, Tom H.; Faid, Abdallah

doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.10.011

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“…The aquifer is highly productive and of good water quality. It is recharged mainly from irrigation water and seepage from irrigation canals through the Holocene aquitard (Abu-Zeid, 1995;Shamrukh et al, 2001;Shamrukh and Abdel-Wahab, 2008;Brikowski and Faid, 2006;Ahmed, 2003;Kamel, 2004). Discharge of this aquifer is through groundwater pumping for irrigation and drinking purposes and natural discharge towards the River Nile (RIGW/ IWACO, 1997;Shahin, 1991;Awad et al, 1997;Ahmed, 2003Ahmed, , 2009).…”

Section: The Quaternary Aquifermentioning

confidence: 99%

The impact of groundwater and agricultural expansion on the archaeological sites at Luxor, Egypt

Ahmed¹,

Fogg²

2014

Journal of African Earth Sciences

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a b s t r a c tPharaonic monuments represent the most valuable source of ancient Egypt, covering the period of approximately 3000-300 B.C. Karnak and Luxor temples represent the monuments of the east bank of Thebes, the old capital of Egypt. These monuments are currently threatened due to rising groundwater levels as a result of agricultural expansion after construction of the High Dam in the 1970s.Deterioration of archaeological sites at Luxor includes disintegration and exfoliation of stones, dissolution of building materials, loss of moral paintings, crystallization of salts in walls and columns, stone bleeding, destruction of wall paintings and texts, decreasing the durability of monumental stones, and discoloring.The hydrogeologic and climatic conditions combined with irrigation practices facilitated the weathering processes to take part in deterioration of archaeological sites at Luxor area. Many varieties of salt species are found in groundwater at the study area which react with country rocks including the archaeological foundations. These salts are not in equilibrium but in a dissolution and/or dissolutionprecipitation phases which are responsible for the different types of deterioration features of Luxor and karnak temples including dissolution of the salts or minerals of the building stones and/or precipitation and crystallization of new salts.

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Section: The Quaternary Aquifermentioning

confidence: 99%

The impact of groundwater and agricultural expansion on the archaeological sites at Luxor, Egypt

Ahmed¹,

Fogg²

2014

Journal of African Earth Sciences

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“…The aquifer is highly productive of good water quality. It is recharged mainly from irrigation water and seepage from irrigation canals through the Holocene aquitard (Abu-Zeid 1995; Shamrukh et al 2001;Shamrukh and Abdel-Wahab 2008;Brikowski and Faid 2006;Ahmed 2003;Kamel 2004). Discharge of this aquifer is through groundwater pumping for irrigation and drinking purposes and natural discharge towards the River Nile (RIGW/IWACO 1997; Shahin 1991; Awad et al 1997;Ahmed 2003).…”

Section: Hydrogeologymentioning

confidence: 99%

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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“…The infiltration tests, according to (Barber and Carr, 1981;Abdel Moneim, 1988) were applied to estimate the infiltration rate of the top layer, the results indicated that the average infiltration rate is 2.5 m/day, this indicating that there is a good hydraulic connection between the upper and lower layer. (RIGW, 1994) In the study area the Quaternary aquifer is mainly recharged by the irrigation water and seepage from irrigation canal through the Holocene aquitard, secondary source of groundwater recharge is the under flow from rainfall during winter months each few years (Brikowski and Faid, 2006;Ahmed, 2003). In addition, seepage from irrigation of the new reclaimed areas at the desert fringes in the study area ( Figure 5).…”

Section: The Quaternary Aquifermentioning

confidence: 99%

Studies on the Effect of Natural Treatment on Sewage Water, El-Salhiya - Qena City, Egypt

Askalany

Diab²,

Abdalla

et al. 2017

IJAESE

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Natural treatment of sewage wastewater has an environmental and economic means. It is applied by infiltrating wastewater through the vadose zone (unsaturated zone) of an aquifer. This method of treatment proved its effectiveness in removing or reducing most of harmful substances through physic-chemical and biological analysis. The obtained results validated that most of toxic substances were removed by percent of 99.1%, 97.6%, 94.7%, 98.6%, 100%, 99.9% and 100% for TSS, BOD, COD, NH 3 , PO 4 , total coliform and fecal coliform bacteria, respectively. The study suggests that, the possible removal mechanisms in the vadose zone were primarily filtrations, adsorption and biodegradation, which are the most commonly referenced. These processes are low cost, low or no energy consumption, and low mechanical technology as well as helps in environmental cleanup.

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Pathline-calibrated groundwater flow models of Nile Valley aquifers, Esna, upper Egypt

Cited by 14 publications

References 13 publications

The impact of groundwater and agricultural expansion on the archaeological sites at Luxor, Egypt

The impact of groundwater and agricultural expansion on the archaeological sites at Luxor, Egypt

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

Studies on the Effect of Natural Treatment on Sewage Water, El-Salhiya - Qena City, Egypt

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