Hydrochemistry and Groundwater Quality Assessment in Mafraq Province, Jordan - Open Access Library Journal

OALibJ > Vol.6 No.4, April 2019

Open Access Library Journal

Volume 6, Issue 4 (April 2019)

ISSN Print: 2333-9705 ISSN Online: 2333-9721

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Hydrochemistry and Groundwater Quality Assessment in Mafraq Province, Jordan ()

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1105365 661 Downloads 2,598 Views Citations

Author(s)

Ali Obeidat¹, Mahmoud Alawneh²

Affiliation(s)

¹Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
²Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Amman, Jordan.

ABSTRACT

The acceptable water quality standard varies based on the intended use of water. Therefore, the standard will be dramatically decreased while moving from Drinking, domestic, industrial and agricultural purposes. Water quality modeling software Aquachem and ArcGIS10.3 were used to analyze data sets of 12 samples from four different wells located around the Mafraq area in order to investigate its suitability for drinking. The results revealed that hydrochemistry of groundwater recorded a wide range in total dissolve solid (TDS) and the chloride is found to be most predominating. Generally, groundwater in the University and Zatari areas has high concentrations of nitrate. The major element’s data were plotted on the Piper’s diagram for working of hydrogeochemical facies. Mixed CaMgCl are the most prominent facies. The pH part of the Durov diagram reveals that groundwater in the study area is alkaline and electrical conductivity of most of samples lies in the range of drinking water standards adopted in Jordan.

KEYWORDS

Water Quality, Hydrogeological Facies, Water-Rock Interaction, Groundwater Evaluation

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Obeidat, A. and Alawneh, M. (2019) Hydrochemistry and Groundwater Quality Assessment in Mafraq Province, Jordan. Open Access Library Journal, 6, 1-10. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1105365.

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