Contribution to the comparative study of treated and untreated wastewater: a case study (Wadi Fatima and Al Misk Lake) in Saudi Arabia
| Autor: | Faisal Rehman, Ali M. Subyani, Tariq Cheema, Hussein M. Harbi, Tahir Azeem, Abbas Ali Naseem, Muhammad Fahad Ullah, Omar Riaz, Saif ur Rehman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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geography
Irrigation geography.geographical_feature_category 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Desert climate business.industry Sewage Aquifer 010502 geochemistry & geophysics 01 natural sciences Wastewater Environmental chemistry General Earth and Planetary Sciences Environmental science Sewage treatment business Groundwater Wadi 0105 earth and related environmental sciences General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 13 |
| ISSN: | 1866-7538 1866-7511 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12517-020-05756-2 |
| Popis: | Saudi Arabia is mainly characterized by desert landform with arid climate with severe scarcity of water. Groundwater is generally present within alluvial aquifers. In Saudi Arabia, treated and untreated sewage water is generally disposed of in the alluvial aquifers comprising of gravelly and sandy sediments. The disposal of treated and untreated water into alluvial aquifers is changing the groundwater quality of these aquifers to varying extent that rendered it unfit for drinking and irrigation purposes. It is not clear how much change in the groundwater quality takes place as a result of this disposal. This research compares the quality of treated and untreated sewage wastewater to determine its suitability for agriculture purpose. In total thirty three samples were collected from two different sites of Jeddah including 19 samples from Al Misk Lake (untreated sewage) and 14 samples from Wadi Fatima (treated sewage). T test indicates that the concentration of all major ions in treated and untreated sewage wastewater is significantly different (p |
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