Suitability assessment of shallow and deep groundwaters for drinking and irrigation use in the El Khairat aquifer (Enfidha, Tunisian Sahel)

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 313-330

  Ketata, Mouna ^a,b   Gueddari, Moncef ^a   Bouhlila, Rachida ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Drinking and irrigation utility; El Khairat aquifer; Hydrogeochemistry; Physico chemical analysis; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION RATIO; ANALYTICAL DATA; CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; DEEP GROUNDWATERS; DRINKING AND IRRIGATION UTILITY; DRINKING WATER STANDARDS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS; GROUNDWATER SOURCES; HYDROCHEMICALS; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IRRIGATION WATERS; PERMEABILITY INDEX; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; QUALITATIVE PARAMETERS; QUALITY PARAMETERS; RESIDUAL SODIUM CARBONATE; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SULPHATES; TOTAL DISSOLVED SALTS; TUNISIA; WATER MONITORING; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AQUIFERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATION; MAGNESIUM; POTABLE WATER; QUALITY CONTROL; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BOREHOLE; DRINKING WATER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GIS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; INORGANIC COMPOUND; ION EXCHANGE; IRRIGATION; METAL; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

TUNISIA;

PIPERACEAE;

EID: 84855290711     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1091-z     Document Type: Article

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