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Quality control of waters in the Gafsa town (south west of Tunisia)
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Hydrology: Current Research

ISSN: 2157-7587

Open Access

Quality control of waters in the Gafsa town (south west of Tunisia)


3rd International Conference on Hydrology & Meteorology

September 15-16, 2014 Hyderabad International Convention Centre, India

Malik Nadia

Accepted Abstracts: Hydrol Current Res

Abstract :

In Tunisia, as in most semi-arid countries, the problems of access to water populations are acute especially with irregularity of rainfall and arid climate combined with the insufficiency of natural water resources and pollution. This study consists in the identification of the factors which influence the water quality parameters in the aquifer of Gafsa, located in the south?west of Tunisia. Rapidly increasing urban population, growth rates over the last few decades have been responsible for the production of huge quantities of wastewater, often evacuated without any particular treatment especially in the septic tanks. Groundwater samples for chemical and microbial analysis were collected from 19 drillings spread throughout the study area. Results showed significantly elevated levels of sodium, chlorides, sulfates, nitrates and coliform bacteria all over the urban area. High levels (NO3: 8.8?278 mg/l; Na:4002 mg/l; Cl:6526 mg/l; Coliforms [72/100 ml) can be related to more densely populated areas. Alternatively results showed a very variable salinity composition of groundwater, ranges from 0, 96 to 15, 03 mg/l. We also note that among pollutant elements, we found fluorine with maximum of 2.78 mg / l and manganese with 0.04 mg/l. Finally methods of controls must be established in order to stop this pollution.

Biography :

Malik Nadia is student at the Faculty of Sciences of Tunis (Tunisia) preparing a Doctoral thesis. She got her Master?s degree in Geology, Cartography and Planning specialty. She has done several internships: Microbiology laboratory, chemistry laboratory, in ONAS (National Sanitation Office) in the CRDA (Regional Commissary for Agricultural Development) of Monastir, DGAT (Directorate General of Land Territory) in Tunis. She has participated in several conference, WATMED3 (Lebanon), WATMED 6 (Sousse, Tunisia) National Conservation Park Ichkeul: Model of Sustainable Management (Gammarth, Tunisia). She has published 02 articles in Desalination and Water Treatment journal and in Revue Méditerranéenne de l?Environnement.

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