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DOI	10.1007/s12517-020-05756-2
	Contribution to the comparative study of treated and untreated wastewater: a case study (Wadi Fatima and Al Misk Lake) in Saudi Arabia
	Rehman, Faisal; Subyani, Ali M.; Cheema, Tariq; Harbi, Hussein M.; Azeem, Tahir; Naseem, Abbas Ali; Ullah, Muhammad Fahad; Riaz, Omar; Ur Rehman, Saif
通讯作者	Rehman, F
来源期刊	ARABIAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES
ISSN	1866-7511
EISSN	1866-7538
出版年	2020
卷号	13 期号:17
英文摘要	Saudi Arabia is mainly characterized by desert landform with arid climate with severe scarcity of water. Groundwater is generally present within alluvial aquifers. In Saudi Arabia, treated and untreated sewage water is generally disposed of in the alluvial aquifers comprising of gravelly and sandy sediments. The disposal of treated and untreated water into alluvial aquifers is changing the groundwater quality of these aquifers to varying extent that rendered it unfit for drinking and irrigation purposes. It is not clear how much change in the groundwater quality takes place as a result of this disposal. This research compares the quality of treated and untreated sewage wastewater to determine its suitability for agriculture purpose. In total thirty three samples were collected from two different sites of Jeddah including 19 samples from Al Misk Lake (untreated sewage) and 14 samples from Wadi Fatima (treated sewage).Ttest indicates that the concentration of all major ions in treated and untreated sewage wastewater is significantly different (p < 0.05) except bicarbonate. Concentration of major ions in untreated sewage wastewater is much higher compared with treated sewage water except the bicarbonate. In Wadi Bani Malik area, Na and Cl are dominant cation and anion, respectively, in groundwater samples, whereas in Wadi Fatima area, Na is the most abundant cation like in Bani Malik area but in terms of anion CO(3)and SO(4)are most abundant anions followed by HCO(3)and Cl. Cluster analysis results show that all treated wastewater samples are classified as one cluster, whereas the untreated wastewater samples are classified into three subgroups. Agricultural potential analysis results revealed that the untreated sewage wastewater is unsuitable for irrigation purpose, whereas the treated wastewater is suitable. This means that wastewater treatment plants can help to overcome the water shortage for agriculture purpose in the countries like Saudi Arabia.
英文关键词	Saudi Arabia Treated wastewater Untreated wastewater Groundwater Sewage water Analysis
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000567144500003
WOS关键词	GROUNDWATER QUALITY
WOS类目	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Geology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/326127
作者单位	[Rehman, Faisal; Azeem, Tahir; Naseem, Abbas Ali] Quaid I Azam Univ, Dept Earth Sci, Islamabad, Pakistan; [Rehman, Faisal; Ullah, Muhammad Fahad; Riaz, Omar] Univ Sargodha, Dept Earth Sci, Sargodha, Pakistan; [Subyani, Ali M.; Cheema, Tariq] King Abdulaziz Univ, Dept Hydrogeol, Fac Earth Sci, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; [Harbi, Hussein M.] King Abdulaziz Univ, Dept Geophys, Fac Earth Sci, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; [Ur Rehman, Saif] Univ Punjab, Inst Geol, Lahore, Pakistan
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Rehman, Faisal,Subyani, Ali M.,Cheema, Tariq,et al. Contribution to the comparative study of treated and untreated wastewater: a case study (Wadi Fatima and Al Misk Lake) in Saudi Arabia[J],2020,13(17).
APA	Rehman, Faisal.,Subyani, Ali M..,Cheema, Tariq.,Harbi, Hussein M..,Azeem, Tahir.,...&Ur Rehman, Saif.(2020).Contribution to the comparative study of treated and untreated wastewater: a case study (Wadi Fatima and Al Misk Lake) in Saudi Arabia.ARABIAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES,13(17).
MLA	Rehman, Faisal,et al."Contribution to the comparative study of treated and untreated wastewater: a case study (Wadi Fatima and Al Misk Lake) in Saudi Arabia".ARABIAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES 13.17(2020).