A pragmatic approach to study the groundwater quality suitability for domestic and agricultural usage, Saq aquifer, northwest of Saudi Arabia

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 4655-4667

  Nazzal, Yousef ^a   Ahmed, Izrar ^a   Al Arifi, Nassir S N ^a   Ghrefat, Habes ^a   Zaidi, Faisal K ^a   El Waheidi, Mahmud M ^a   Batayneh, Awni ^a   Zumlot, Taisser ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Hydrochemical classification; Nitrate pollution; Saq aquifer; Saudi Arabia; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; AQUIFERS; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IRRIGATION; MAGNESIUM; SODIUM; SOLVENTS; WATER QUALITY;

CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROCHEMICALS; NITRATE POLLUTION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; REVERSE EXCHANGE REACTIONS; ROCK WATER INTERACTION; SAUDI ARABIA;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CARBONIC ACID; CHLORINE; GROUND WATER; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SULFATE;

AQUIFER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; NITRATE; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; VADOSE ZONE; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; PH; SALINITY; SAUDI ARABIA; SOLID; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLID; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

SAUDI ARABIA;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; SAUDI ARABIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84903961739     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-3728-3     Document Type: Article

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