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Quality assessment of water used for human consumption and irrigation purpose in parts of Tafna watershed (NW Algeria)

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The quality of groundwater and surface water used for human consumption in Tafna watershed (NW Algeria) has been degraded because of contaminants originating from anthropogenic sources. Among these harmful contaminants, nitrate, phosphate and chloride ions originating from fertilizers are more common. This study was carried out in the upper and middle Tafna sub-watersheds with the aim of assessing the contamination degrees of drinking and irrigation water, with particular emphasis in relation to nitrate and chloride enrichments in the groundwater of Sebdou and Hennaya and surface water of upper Tafna and Sikkak wadis. Surface and groundwater samples were collected, during April and November in 2017 and analyzed. The concerned physicochemical parameters are pH, temperature (T), electrical conductivity (EC), total dissolved solids (TDS), chloride (Cl−), nitrate (NO3−), phosphate (PO43−), calcium (Ca2+), magnesium (Mg2+) and sodium (Na+). The obtained results are compared to human consumption (WHO and Algerian) and irrigation (FAO) water quality guidelines. In the middle Tafna sub-watershed, the nitrate contents of groundwater are, high exceeding the limits required by Algerian and WHO standards (< 50mgL−1). As for the upper Tafna sub-watershed, located upstream,, the situation seems to be less worrying regarding their use for human consumption in parts of this area. For irrigation use, most groundwater and surface water samples, when reported on the SAR diagram, fall in the field of C2S1, C3S1 and C4S1, depicting low sodium hazard and moderate to high salinity hazard and indicating that water could be used in almost all types of soil with little risk of exchangeable sodium ion exchange.

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    Lamia Yebdri, Fatiha Hadji & Abbas Marok

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    Lamia Yebdri & Yahia Harek

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Yebdri, L., Hadji, F., Harek, Y. et al. Quality assessment of water used for human consumption and irrigation purpose in parts of Tafna watershed (NW Algeria). Environ Earth Sci 80, 502 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-021-09805-1

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