Impact of Over- Pumping on the Groundwater Quality of the Dead Sea Basin/ Jordan | Zendy

Majeda MB Al-Hadidi | Zendy; Atef A. Al Kharabsheh | Zendy; Rakad Ta’any | Zendy

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Impact of Over- Pumping on the Groundwater Quality of the Dead Sea Basin/ Jordan

Author(s) -

Majeda MB Al-Hadidi,

Atef A. Al Kharabsheh,

Rakad Ta’any

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

current world environment

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2320-8031

pISSN - 0973-4929

DOI - 10.12944/cwe.8.3.04

Subject(s) - structural basin , dead sea , groundwater , environmental science , geology , quality (philosophy) , hydrology (agriculture) , oceanography , geomorphology , geotechnical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics

This study deals with the water quality evaluation of the groundwater resources in the Dead Sea basin in Jordan. The study area is located in central part of Jordan and covers an area of about 6874 km2. The importance of this study is to identify the different environmental conditions associated with the increase of population, depletion of groundwater and irrigation activities. The main objective of this study is to investigate the impact of over-pumping on the groundwater quality of the Dead Sea Basin. The total abstraction from the basin in 2011 was 81.1 MCM while the safe yield is 57 MCM, with an over-pumping rate of 142 % of safe yield.Five hundred water samples of 180 groundwater wells from different locationswere collected and analyzedfor their physical and chemical properties. The analyzed water samples weresubject to cluster analysis using SPSS software. The results showed that, there are two types of groundwater were concluded according to Langguth; Alkaline earth waters with increased portion of alkalis and prevailing chloride characterized the first type. About 90% of the groundwater samples fall within this type. The percentage of earth alkaline ions is higher than that of the bicarbonate. The chemistry of the first type shows the flowing ionic order:Ca+2

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