Groundwater Management For Sustainable Production Of Drinking Water Quality In Maamora

• Published in: WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment 2013-01, Vol.178, p.241
• Main Authors: Belghyti, D, Daifi, H, Alemad, A, Elkharrim, K, Elmarkhi, M, Souidi, Y, Benelharkati, F, Joti, B, Elmoukrifi, Z, Ibeda, A
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Agricultural management; Agricultural wastes; Agrochemicals; Boreholes; Boron; Chlorides; Cholera; Coliforms; Contamination; Crop residues; Domestic wastewater; Drinking water; Epidemics; Fecal coliforms; Freshwater; Groundwater; Groundwater management; Groundwater pollution; Groundwater quality; Infections; Nitrates; Nitrogen dioxide; Organic chemistry; Raw water; Sewage; Silicon dioxide; Turbidity; Typhoid; Wastewater; Water pollution; Water quality; Waterborne diseases
• ISSN: 1746-448X; 1743-3541
• DOI: 10.2495/WS130201

The problem of water pollution affects the whole world including groundwater which is more susceptible to contamination by residues of industry, agriculture and domestic wastewater leading to the emergence of many serious epidemic diseases (cholera, typhoid, amoebiasis,...etc). The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of agricultural intensification and discharge of untreated sewage on the physical, chemical and bacteriological water quality of groundwater Maamora, Kenitra, Morocco. The physicochemical parameters followed are: T[degrees]C, pH, EC, NH4 +, NO2 -, NO3 -, Cl-, F-, HCO3 -, SiO2, SO4 2-, Boron, Dry Residue, Turbidity, Total Hardness (TH), Dissolved O2, Oxidisability and total and fecal coliforms of raw water from the boreholes. This study shows that the physicochemical and bacteriological quality of the groundwater which is used as drinking water for the city of Kenitra and adjacent areas is generally good. However, high concentrations of nitrates (NO3, NO2) in