Predicting nitrate pollution of Mitidja plain groundwater (Northern Algiers - Algeria)

Mimouni, Omar; Chibane, Brahim

doi:10.1016/0266-9838(89)90044-0

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“…In the north, the only region in which rainfall is relatively plentiful, water quality is often compromised by high human population density and the enormous volume of waste that industry and urbanization generate (MIMOUNI & CHIBANE, 1989). In the arid Sahara to the south, human presence occasionally has fostered survival of some amphibian species, thanks to construction of channels and "fogharas" and to the maintenance of palm groves (e.g., the Ramsar reserve at the Ouled Saïd Oasis).…”

Section: Conservation Problemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Diversity and conservation of Algerian amphibian assemblages

Mateo

Géniez²,

Pether³

2013

Basic Appl Herpetol

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Section: Conservation Problemsmentioning

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Diversity and conservation of Algerian amphibian assemblages

Mateo

Géniez²,

Pether³

2013

Basic Appl Herpetol

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“…In Algeria, the issue of water's availability is of a major concern for the water sector. Great efforts are nowadays directed towards ensuring water allocation to people but also to sustain agriculture as the resource becomes scarcer with time (Nezzal and Iftini Belaid 2013;Mimouni and Chibane 1989).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Groundwater Origin and Quality Appraisal through a Combined Geochemical and Isotopic Approach in the Great Algiers District (Algeria)

Khous¹,

Moulla²,

Cherchali³

et al. 2021

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The assessment of the origin of water that is allocated both for people and for irrigation in the eastern part of the Mitidja plain was carried out making use of geochemical and isotopic tools (18O, 2H and 3H). Both hydrochemical and isotopic information gathered for eastern Mitidja alluvial aquifer were used for the sake of assessing the mechanisms controlling groundwater chemistry. This allowed one to identify: (i) the natural or the anthropogenic processes that control groundwater quality, (ii) the origin of groundwater and when its recharge occurs. The work involved sampling campaigns, in situ measurements, and analyses of ions, heavy metals and water isotope content. Results showed a fair overall chemical quality of waters, since the assessment of water quality using water quality index (WQI) revealed that 90 % of the groundwater samples are good. Mitidja’s groundwaters fall into the Cl−SO4−Ca water type, that is mainly induced by water-rock interactions (dissolution of evaporites). The concentrations in Fe, Mn, Ni and Cd for some of the samples were found higher than the prescribed limits recommended by the World Health Organization. Isotopes indicate that groundwater is young since it originates from direct infiltration of precipitation that is mostly induced by Mediterranean atmospheric disturbances.

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