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العنوان
Physico-chemical studies for water resources at
Atfih area, Giza-governorate, Egypt /
المؤلف
Salem,Heba Zakaria Abd-Elnaby.
هيئة الاعداد
باحث / Heba Zakaria Abd-Elnaby Salem
مشرف / Salah Abdel Ghany Abo-El Enein
مشرف / Mostafa Mohamed Hassan Khalil
مشرف / Yahia Ragab Gedamy
تاريخ النشر
2018
عدد الصفحات
158p.:
اللغة
الإنجليزية
الدرجة
ماجستير
التخصص
الكيمياء
تاريخ الإجازة
1/1/2018
مكان الإجازة
جامعة عين شمس - كلية العلوم - الكيمياء
الفهرس
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Abstract

The present work aims to study the chemical characteristics of
the surface water and groundwater in Atfih area and focuses on
detection of pollutants in the water resources and their impacts on
human health as well as the evaluation of these water resources for
different purposes. Atfih area occupies the southern portion of Giza
governorate, and it lies nearly 70km to the southeast of Cairo along the
eastern side of the Nile River between latitudes 29o 23\ and 29o 37\N,
and longitudes 31o 15\ and 31o 25\ E. To achieve the aim of the present
study, fifty water samples (8 surface water and 42 groundwater
samples) were collected during March (2016) and chemically analyzed
for the detection major cations and anions as well as the minor and trace
constituents in the water resources (surface water and groundwater) at
Atfih area. Also, the inorganic and bacteriological pollutants in the
water resources were measured. Drinking and agriculture in this area
depend mainly on the water of Nile River and two main canals namely
El Khashab and masjid Musa canals as well as groundwater. Results
indicated that, El Khashab and masjid Musa canals are subjected to
pollution from different sources. Also, the groundwater tapped from the
quaternary deposits in the study area is also subjected to pollution. El
Saff wastewater canal represents one of the main sources of pollution
for the water resources in the study area. This canal runs longitudinally for about 50km along the foot slopes of the eastern Eocene escarpment.
All the measured pollutants are considered very serious to people’s
health. In general, the survey of the indicator bacteria along Atfih water
resources revealed that the irrigation canals water and 7% of the
groundwater samples at this branch is subjected to sewage pollution
which causes diarrhea, vomiting and fever, this also indicated that all
water resources of Atfih area are subjected sewage pollution. The most
important pollution problem sources include the wastewater produced
from the industrial complex at Helwan area in addition to the
wastewater discharged from El Saff wastewater canal into the Nile
River and its canals. On the other hand, the excessive seepage of
drainage water rich in fertilizers and pesticides causes pollution for
groundwater. Majority of surface water (El Khashab and Masjid Musa
canals) samples and groundwater samples in the study area are
unsuitable for drinking as they have Fe, Sr, B and NO3
- more than that
of the permissible limit. Also, all surface water and majority of
groundwater samples in the study area are suitable for livestock and
poultry. Also, it was clearly that most of surface water and groundwater
samples in the study area are suitable for irrigation. It is Noteworthy to
mention that, most of surface water samples are suitable for boilers,
wood chemicals, petroleum products and hydraulic cement
manufacture, while it is found that the majority of groundwater samples
are unsuitable for these industries.
Key words: Atfih area (Egypt), water chemistry, water pollution,
inorganic pollutants, bacteriological Pollutants, water evaluation.