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Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment Using Different Overlay and Index Methods for Quaternary Aquifer of Wadi El-Tumilat, East Delta, Egypt

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  • GAD, M. I.
  • El-Kammar, M. M.
  • Ismail, H. M. G.

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Contamination from rapid urban development, industrialization and agricultural sources increasingly threatens the groundwater resource in the shallow phreatic Quaternary Aquifer of the Wadi El-Tumilat (QAWT), East Delta, Egypt. In this paper, fourteen environmental sensitive heavy metals and two minor elements (PO4-- and NO3-) were checked by the chemical analysis of both 25 surface and groundwater samples at 2006. An assessment of the QAWT intrinsic vulnerability was carried out in this paper based on GOD, PRAST and DRASTIC methods. The calculated vulnerability indexes resulted from the three methods showed great differences due to the different criterions used. Moreover, a weight modification was assumed to adequate the arid zone. The obtained QAWT vulnerability maps showed the high extension of medium vulnerability zones. The high vulnerability zones occupied about 35% and 31% from applying PRAST and DRASTIC methods respectively. The high vulnerability in these areas was mainly related to the low values of depth to water (less than 10 m), the high permeability of the soils (9 m/day) and the high permeability of the vadose zone materials (more than 11 m/day). The most suitable areas for new reclamation activity were located in the southern boundary of Wadi El Tumilat especially the strip south El Mahsama drain by 5 km. These resulted maps may provide planners with tools for a preliminary selection of priority areas for different forms of sustainable development.

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  • GAD, M. I. & El-Kammar, M. M. & Ismail, H. M. G., 2015. "Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment Using Different Overlay and Index Methods for Quaternary Aquifer of Wadi El-Tumilat, East Delta, Egypt," Asian Review of Environmental and Earth Sciences, Asian Online Journal Publishing Group, vol. 2(1), pages 9-22.
  • Handle: RePEc:aoj:areaes:v:2:y:2015:i:1:p:9-22:id:684
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