Assessment of the spring water quality in the Shoubak area, Jordan

Environmentalist

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 203-215

  Al Khashman, Omar Ali ^a  

^a AL HUSSEIN BIN TALAL UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Coliform; Factor analysis; Hydrochemistry; Jordan; Springs; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SPRING WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 51049097025     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-007-9129-1     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. E. Al-Awadi A. Mukhopadhay K Akber K. Hadi 2003 Distribution of selected trace constituents in the groundwater of Kuwait Advanced Environmental Research 7 367 380
2. A. Al-Kharabsheh R. Ta'any 2003 Influence of urbanization on water quality deterioration during drought periods at south Jordan Journal of Arid Environments 53 619 630
3. Al-Khashman, O. (2002). Environmental status of the area extending between Wadi El-Hasa and wadi Musa from the railway to Wadi Araba. PhD thesis, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, 177 pp.
4. O. Al-Khashman 2007 Study of water quality of springs in Petra region, Jordan: A three-year follow-up Water Resources Management 21 7 1145 1163
5. American Public Health Association. (1992). Standard methods for water and wastewater analysis (18th ed.). New York.
6. Bender, F. (1974). Geology of Jordan (supplementary edition in English with minor revision). Berlin, Germany, 230 pp.
7. S. R. Carpenter N. F. Caraco D. L. Correll R. W. Howarth A. N. Sharpley V. H. Smith 1998 Non point of surface waters with phosphorous and nitrogen Ecological Application 8 3 559 568
8. Department of Meteorology. (2004). Internal report. Amman, Jordan.
9. Dojlido, J., & Best, G. (1993). Chemistry of water and water pollution. London, UK.: Ellis-Harwood limited.
10. Drever, J. F. (1988). The chemistry of natural waters (3rd ed.). Prentice-Hall, New York. Inc, 388 pp.
11. Fetter, C. W. (1988). Applied hydrogeology (2nd ed., pp. 592). London: Merrill publishing company.
12. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). (1995). The study on brackish groundwater desalination in Jordan-Yachiyo Engineering Co. Ltd, Tokyo, Japan, 318 p.
13. H. P. Jarvie B. A. Whitton C. Neal 1998 Nitrogen and phosphorous in east coast British rivers: Speciation, sources and biological significant Science of the Total environment 210-211 79 109
14. C. H. Jeong 2001 Effect of landuse and urbanization on hydrochemistry and contamination of ground water from Taejon area, Korea Journal of Hydrology 235 194 210
15. Jordan Standards. (2003). Jordanian Standards for drinking water. Ministry of water and irrigation, Amman, Jordan.
16. Langguth, H. R. (1966). Groundwater verhaltisse in Bereiech Des Velberter. Sattles. Der Minister Fur Eraehrung, Land Wirtsch Forste (pp. 127). Duesseldorf: NRW.
17. D. Larsen G. H. Swihart Y. Xiao 2001 Hydrochemistry and isotope composition of springs in the Tecopa basin, southeastern California, USA Chemical geology 179 17 35
18. Macdonald, M. (1965). Hydrogeological survey of the Madaba-Ma'an area (Vol. 2, pp. 30). Jordan: Report at the Water Authority of Jordan, Amman.
19. M. Magaritz R. Aravena H. Pena O. Suzuki A. Grill 1989 Water chemistry and isotope study of streams and springs in northern Chile Journal of Hydrology 108 323 341
20. A. Mercado 1985 The use of hydrochemical pattern in carbonate, sand and sandstone aquifers to identify intrusion and flushing of saline water Groundwater 23 335 344
21. P. Mouli S. V. Mohan S. J. Reddy 2005 Rainwater chemistry at a regional representative urban site: Influence of terrestrial sources on ionic composition Atmospheric Environment 39 999 1008
22. Piper, A. M. A. (1953). Graphic procedure in the geochemical interpretation of water analysis. Groundwater Note 12. United State Geological Survey.
23. Powell, J. H. (1989). Stratigraphy and sedimentation of the phanerozoic rocks in central and south Jordan; Part B, Kurnub, Ajlun and Belqa groups. Geol. Mapping Div. Bull. 11A, Natural Resources Authority, Amman, Jordan, 130 pp.
24. Rand, M., Greenberg, A., & Taras, M. (1995). Standard methods for examination of water and wastewater (19th ed. pp. 113). Washington, D.C. USA: American Public Health Association.
25. R. W. Ritzi S. L. Wright B. Mann M. Chen 1993 Analysis of temporal variability in hydrogeochemical data used for multivariate analysis Groundwater 31 221 229
26. Sahawneh, J., Swarieh, A., & Masarweh, R. (2000). Geology and hydrogeology of the northern Wadi Araba basin. Natural Resources Authority, Internal report, No. 11. Amman, Jordan, 88 pp.
27. E. Salameh P. Udluft 1985 The Hydrodynamic pattern of central Jordan Geological Journal. C38 39 53 Hanover
28. Salameh, E. (1996). Water quality degradation in Jordan (pp. 179). Amman, Jordan: Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature and Freidrich Ebert Stiftung.
29. Sawyer, C. N., & McCarty, P. L. (1967). Chemistry and sanitary Engineers (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
30. M. Shatanawi M. Fayyad 1996 Effect of Khirbet As-Samra treated effluent on the quality of irrigation water in the central Jordan valley Water Research 30 12 2915 2920
31. V. Simeonov J. A. Stratis C. Samara G. Zachariadis D. Voutsa A. Anthemidis M. Sofoniou Th. Kouimtzis 2003 Assessment of the surface water quality in Northern Greece Water Research 37 4119 4124
32. A. M. Subyani 2005 Hydrochemical identification and salinity problem of groundwater in Wadi Yalamlam basin Western Saudi Arabia Journal of Arid Environments 60 53 66
33. Virkutyte, J., & Sillanpåå, M. (2005). Chemical evaluation of potable water in Eastern Qinghai Province, China: Human health aspects. Environmental International. (In press).
34. WHO. (2004). Guidelines for drinking water quality (3rd ed.). Geneva, Switzerland: WHO.
35. WAJ Files. (2003). Water Authority of Jordan Files, Amman, Jordan.
36. World Heath Organization. (1996). Guidelines for drinking water quality (2nd ed, Vol. 2). Geneva.
37. O. M. Zacheus P. J. Martikainen 1997 Physicochemical quality of drinking and hot waters in Finnish building originated from groundwater or surface water plants Science of the Total Environment 204 1 10