Water SciencePub Date : 2023-05-10DOI: 10.1080/23570008.2023.2210892
W. Fahmy, M. Halawa, N. Hekal
{"title":"Reduction of sedimentation and water turbidity at intakes of drinking water treatment plants","authors":"W. Fahmy, M. Halawa, N. Hekal","doi":"10.1080/23570008.2023.2210892","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23570008.2023.2210892","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34430,"journal":{"name":"Water Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44255750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Water SciencePub Date : 2023-03-21DOI: 10.1080/23570008.2023.2193453
A. Ryskeldieva, D. Burlibaeva, A. Yerdesbay, Gulsara Kamelkhan, Nurbanu Sarova
{"title":"Clarke concentrations of heavy metals in surface waters of the transboundary river Yertis (Kazakhstan)","authors":"A. Ryskeldieva, D. Burlibaeva, A. Yerdesbay, Gulsara Kamelkhan, Nurbanu Sarova","doi":"10.1080/23570008.2023.2193453","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23570008.2023.2193453","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34430,"journal":{"name":"Water Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48925819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Water SciencePub Date : 2023-03-13DOI: 10.1080/23570008.2023.2189220
E. Seif, Hamad Shokr, Adhm M. Youssef, Mohammed Sharaf Eddeen, Yasmeen Diab, Y. E. Imam
{"title":"Climate change effect on water temperature and evaporation in Lake Qarun","authors":"E. Seif, Hamad Shokr, Adhm M. Youssef, Mohammed Sharaf Eddeen, Yasmeen Diab, Y. E. Imam","doi":"10.1080/23570008.2023.2189220","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23570008.2023.2189220","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34430,"journal":{"name":"Water Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42729332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Water SciencePub Date : 2023-03-13DOI: 10.1080/23570008.2023.2189221
M. W. Lema, A. Kapinga, G. T. Madamombe, D. Kwawuvi
{"title":"Human-nature relationships and its implications on the management of eastern arc water catchments of Tanzania","authors":"M. W. Lema, A. Kapinga, G. T. Madamombe, D. Kwawuvi","doi":"10.1080/23570008.2023.2189221","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23570008.2023.2189221","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34430,"journal":{"name":"Water Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41924552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Water SciencePub Date : 2022-12-14DOI: 10.1080/23570008.2022.2152173
Samiha E. Alharthy, O. Hodhod, Basma. A. Abdelkadir
{"title":"Developing a geopolymer pastes using marble dust","authors":"Samiha E. Alharthy, O. Hodhod, Basma. A. Abdelkadir","doi":"10.1080/23570008.2022.2152173","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23570008.2022.2152173","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper investigates the use of marble dust waste, fly ash, and silica fume as raw materials for manufacturing geopolymer pastes. The chemical composition of each raw material is established using chemical analysis (X-ray fluorescence XRF) and mineralogical analysis, X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern of raw materials. The experimental work was divided into three groups (A, B, C) according to the water to binder ratio (w/b) (A =28%, B = 30%, C = 33%). Each group is further divided into five subgroups according to the percentage of marble dust, fly ash, and silica fume. The samples are cured at 60°C for three days. The properties of the geopolymer pastes are determined by performing the following tests: compressive, tensile, and flexural strength and water absorption. The highest mechanical properties were obtained from mixes containing 70% fly ash and 30% marble dust at w/b = 0.28. It was 40% more than those obtained from control mixes containing 50% fly ash and 50% marble dust. It is worth mentioning that the best amount of marble dust was 30% as the resistance of the geopolymer paste reached values up to 237.8 kg/cm2. The results were confirmed by SEM imaging.","PeriodicalId":34430,"journal":{"name":"Water Science","volume":"36 1","pages":"144 - 153"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44241445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Water SciencePub Date : 2022-12-08DOI: 10.1080/23570008.2022.2152175
C. Patil, P. Nalawade, B. L. Gadakh, N. V. Khangar
{"title":"Statistical assessment of groundwater quality using hydrochemical parameters for drinking water of rural areas in Nashik district, Maharashtra, India","authors":"C. Patil, P. Nalawade, B. L. Gadakh, N. V. Khangar","doi":"10.1080/23570008.2022.2152175","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23570008.2022.2152175","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Groundwater assessment is based on the hydrochemical parameters of the study area. The objective of this study is to determine the number of hydrochemical parameters to assess the groundwater quality of Nashik. Water samples were collected from the three tehsils in Nashik viz., Deola, Satana, and Malegaon with the total study area of around 3819.441. From each tehsil sixteen water samples were collected having ten well and six bore well samples. All forty-eight samples were analyzed for hydrochemical parameters such as pH, temperature, electrical conductivity, solids in water, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, alkalinity (CaCO3), carbonate and bicarbonate, chloride, sulfate (SO4), fluoride (F), total hardness (CaCO3), sodium, potassium, nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, orthophosphate, total phosphate, boron, aluminum, iron, manganese, and silica concentrations and observations were recorded. The concentration levels of hydrochemical parameters indicated the quality of groundwater. The overall statistical assessment of groundwater revealed all groundwater samples may be suitable for drinking and irrigation since the values of hydrochemical parameters do not cross the permissible limit. But the mean pH of the bore well water sample exceeds the permissible limit given in Table 3. Hence, by using t-test the comparison between bore well and open well sample analysis revealed that at 95% confidence we can say that open well water is better for drinking and irrigation than bore well water.","PeriodicalId":34430,"journal":{"name":"Water Science","volume":"36 1","pages":"136 - 143"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42363520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Water SciencePub Date : 2022-10-12DOI: 10.1080/23570008.2022.2129149
Daawar Bashir Ganaie, Anirudh Malhotra, I. A. Wani
{"title":"Water quality assessment of Mansbal Lake in Kashmir","authors":"Daawar Bashir Ganaie, Anirudh Malhotra, I. A. Wani","doi":"10.1080/23570008.2022.2129149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23570008.2022.2129149","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Manasbal Lake is one of the hotspots of Kashmir tourism. Due to the negligence of concerned authorities and the greediness of humans residing proximate, the ecosystem of the lake is highly disturbed and compromised. The current study emphasizes and attempts to analyze the various significant physico-chemical parameters of the lake. For studying overall pollution load on water of the lake, water samples were collected from five different sites of lake. These samples were collected on monthly basis for seven consecutive months by following the methods given in. Fourteen important physico-chemical parameters were analyzed and results were recorded. The study was made to spectacle the involvement of humans in the degradation of natural resources and the impact of pollution on the population residing in the nearby areas. The population of catchment area is directly or indirectly dependent on this lake for livelihood. So, it is necessary to conserve this natural resource for the present and future generations to survive and fulfill their daily needs. Some of the studied parameters revealed that the sites where human settlements are existing are contaminated showing worse water quality. Almost 80% of the lake seems covered under the substantial amount of weeds, because of the presence of a high concentration of nutrients and other favorable elements and heavy eutrophication. Some toxic elements in excess quantity were found in the water of the lake, which makes it unsuitable for domestic uses. Sewage outlets, agricultural drainage, waste disposal, shrinking up of land, and practice of stone quarrying and functioning of limestone kilns in catchments are recognized as the main sources of pollution in the Manasbal lake. The present study impulses the requirement of curative procedures for purification and protection of this lake.","PeriodicalId":34430,"journal":{"name":"Water Science","volume":"36 1","pages":"114 - 124"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47302208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Water SciencePub Date : 2022-10-11DOI: 10.1080/23570008.2022.2127552
P. Mukherjee, Peeyush Kumar, S. Gupta, Rahul Kumar
{"title":"Seasonal variation in physicochemical parameters and suitability for various uses of Bouli pond water, Jharkhand","authors":"P. Mukherjee, Peeyush Kumar, S. Gupta, Rahul Kumar","doi":"10.1080/23570008.2022.2127552","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23570008.2022.2127552","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Ponds are known to have greater biodiversity of species. They are the habitats of many aquatic animals and plants. The purpose of the study is to compare the water quality of the Temple Pond to give a reference for conservation management for this aquatic species and help improve water quality and aquatic biodiversity. Temple Pond is located opposite Bara Talab near Main Road of Lohardaga town of Jharkhand. It is a habitat of fishes – mostly carp. For the study of physicochemical parameters of the pond, water samples were collected for three periods of the year, i.e. pre-monsoon (May), monsoon (August), and post-monsoon (November) for two consecutive years (2015–2016). Samples were stored according to the preservation procedure followed by AS/NZS 5667.1:1998, and analysis was done using standard procedure. Major water parameters such as pH (7.20–7.40), Total Hardness (35.60–61.20), Nitrate (mg/L) (1.10–2.40), Chloride (mg/L) (22.00–33.00), Fluoride (mg/L) (0.02–0.04) were recorded low value; however, Dissolved oxygen (D.O) (mg/L) (4.10–6.90) and Biochemical oxygen demand (B.O.D) (mg/L) (2.50–4.20) were little higher than Standard Tolerance limit per classified use of water class depending on various uses of water (ISI-IS: 2296–1982), revealed that the pond is suitable for outdoor bathing (Class-B) and D – Fish culture and aquatic life propagation.","PeriodicalId":34430,"journal":{"name":"Water Science","volume":"36 1","pages":"125 - 135"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49336569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Water SciencePub Date : 2022-10-11DOI: 10.1080/23570008.2022.2129146
A. Subramanian, S. Baskar
{"title":"Water quality assessment of Noyyal river using water quality index (WQI) and multivariate statistical techniques","authors":"A. Subramanian, S. Baskar","doi":"10.1080/23570008.2022.2129146","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23570008.2022.2129146","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Noyyal River is an important river that flows through the districts of Coimbatore, Tirupur, and Erode in Tamil Nadu, India. This river is the prime source of water for agricultural and domestic purposes in the above districts. This study evaluates the surface water quality of the Noyyal river and its suitability for drinking and agricultural uses. For this study, samples were collected from 27 locations along the Noyyal river from its source to sink. The water quality index (WQI) values were designated and, except for two samples out of 27, all the other samples were categorized as poor, very poor, and unfit for consumption. The parameters evaluated to assess the water quality of the Noyyal river for irrigation include Electrical conductivity (EC), Sodium adsorption ratio (SAR), Soluble sodium percentage (SSP), Residual sodium carbonate (RSC), Magnesium hazard (MH), Kelly’s ratio (KR), and Permeability index (PI). USSL (U.S. Salinity Laboratory) diagram analysis helped to classify the samples 1 and 2 of the Noyyal river in the C1S1 and C2S1 category, which indicates low salinity-low sodium and medium salinity-low sodium, respectively. The rest of the samples fall under the category of very high salinity and very high sodium waters. Other indices like RSC, magnesium hazard, soluble sodium percentage, Kelly’s ratio, and permeability index signified that majority of the collected samples fall in the category of unsuitable for agricultural use and they need special management practices. The Principle component analysis determined the four PCs that explained 84.88% of the total variance in the data structure. The present study concludes that we cannot use the surface water of the Noyyal river directly without treatment and strict management practices should be implemented for the sustainable use of the resource.","PeriodicalId":34430,"journal":{"name":"Water Science","volume":"36 1","pages":"85 - 98"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48504679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Water SciencePub Date : 2022-10-06DOI: 10.1080/23570008.2022.2129150
O. Almasalmeh, A. Adel, Khaldoon A Mourad
{"title":"Floodwater harvesting within Wadi Billi, Egypt","authors":"O. Almasalmeh, A. Adel, Khaldoon A Mourad","doi":"10.1080/23570008.2022.2129150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23570008.2022.2129150","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Water scarcity is a major feature in Egypt. However, events of heavy rain occur increasingly, leading to repetitive flash floods. Wadi Billi is a poorly gauged drainage basin in the Eastern Desert of Egypt and hosts El-Gouna town in the delta, which depends on the desalination of brackish groundwater as the main source of freshwater. On 9 March 2014, the wadi was exposed to a flash flood event that extended to the Red Sea causing damages to humans and infrastructure. In this paper, a system of infiltration trenches supported with a series of simple surface and subsurface dams has been designed to protect the downstream urban area and recharge the flooded water into shallow aquifers. The rainfall-runoff and sediment transport processes have been modeled using a 1D lumped hydrological model. The susceptible areas for groundwater recharge have been determined using geospatial analysis. The results show that the storm event produced 1,78 million m3 of flooded water carrying 5523 t of sediments. The streams and valleys that penetrate the downstream mountain formation have the highest potentiality for groundwater recharge. Four longitudinal infiltration trenches are needed with an average dimensions of 3,000 m × 25 m × 15 cm. In addition to 37 simple surface dams and 10 sub-surface dams with a total length of 2.7 km and 0.94 km, respectively. The spatial analysis showed almost 27.63 km is potentially suitable to extend the infiltration trenches with a width range of 25–250 m, which have a minimum capacity to recharge more than 4 million m3 for one event. By considering El-Gouna’s water demands, harvesting the flooded water for one flash flood event provides a new source of cheap and high-quality freshwater for 162–261 days. In addition to avoiding the potential damages for infrastructure and human lives.","PeriodicalId":34430,"journal":{"name":"Water Science","volume":"36 1","pages":"98 - 112"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47360149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}