Underground water quality and contamination risk. The case of the basin of Chéria (NE Algeria)
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https://doi.org/10.3989/egeol.07632193Keywords:
Algerie, Chéria, Eocene limestone, semi-arid climate, Nitrates, PCA (Principal component analysis), BoronAbstract
Water shortage has become a key problem for all countries and particularly for those in development. In fact, the increase of the populations and the development of urbanism, industries and cultivated land lead to a degradation of the quality of the groundwater and a very significant reduction of the reserves that constitute at times the only source of water for human consumption. After the analisis of the situation of the land, the present work comes in an important moment to establish the characteristics of the complex aquifer of the plateau of Chéria in Algeria and the risks of contamination of the groundwater.
This study, which relies in the recent causes of contamination takes into account several factors. We can mention the contamination by blackwaters (waste), the impact of livestock and the climatic conditions. The exploitation of the groundwater from carbonated aquifers, is today the only source that responds to the needs of water for the industrial, human, and agricultural comsumption in the region. In recent years there has been an increase in agricultural and agricultural-related activity.
The first results show the existence of a lowering of the piezometric level, as well as important concentrations in nitrates due to anthropic activity which are leading to a deterioration of the quality of drinking water in Chéria.
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