Environmental quality assessment of groundwater resources in Al Jabal Al Akhdar, Sultanate of Oman

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorAl-Kalbani, Mohammed Saif
dc.contributor.authorPrice, Martin F.
dc.contributor.authorAhmed, Mushtaque
dc.contributor.authorAbahussain, Asma
dc.contributor.authorO'Higgins, Timothy
dc.contributor.funderMinistry of Environment and Climate Affairs
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-08T13:33:41Z
dc.date.available2017-12-08T13:33:41Z
dc.date.issued2017-09-30
dc.description.abstractThe research was conducted to assess the quality of groundwater resources of Al Jabal Al Akhdar, Oman. 11 drinking water sources were sampled during summer and winter seasons during 2012–2013 to evaluate their physico-chemical quality indicators; and assess their suitability for drinking and other domestic purposes. Sample collection, handling and processing followed the standard methods recommended by APHA and analyzed in quality assured laboratories using appropriate analytical methods and instrumental techniques. The results show that the quality parameters in all drinking water resources are within the permissible limits set by Omani and WHO standards; and the drinking water quality index is good or medium in quality based on NFS-WQI classification criteria, indicating their suitability for human consumption. There is an indication of the presence of high nitrate concentrations in some groundwater wells, which require more investigations and monitoring program to be conducted on regular basis to ensure good quality water supply for the residents in the mountain. The trilinear Piper diagram shows that most of the drinking water resources of the study area fall in the field of calcium and bicarbonate type with some magnesium bicarbonate type indicating that most of the major ions are natural in origin due to the geology of the region. This study is a first step towards providing indicators on groundwater quality of this fragile mountain ecosystem, which will be the basis for future planning decisions on corrective demand management measures to protect groundwater resources of Al Jabal Al Akhdar.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationAl-Kalbani, M. S., Price, M. F., Ahmed, M., Abahussain, A. and O’Higgins, T. (2017) 'Environmental quality assessment of groundwater resources in Al Jabal Al Akhdar, Sultanate of Oman', Applied Water Science, 7(7), pp. 3539-3552. doi: 10.1007/s13201-017-0621-6en
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s13201-017-0621-6
dc.identifier.endpage3552
dc.identifier.issn2190-5487
dc.identifier.issn2190-5495
dc.identifier.issued7
dc.identifier.journaltitleApplied Water Scienceen
dc.identifier.startpage3539
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/5133
dc.identifier.volume7
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSpringer International Publishing AGen
dc.relation.urihttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13201-017-0621-6
dc.rights© 2017, the Authors. Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectGroundwateren
dc.subjectPiper trilinear diagramen
dc.subjectWater quality indexen
dc.subjectHydrochemistryen
dc.subjectAl Jabal Al Akhdaren
dc.subjectOmanen
dc.titleEnvironmental quality assessment of groundwater resources in Al Jabal Al Akhdar, Sultanate of Omanen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
3964.pdf
Size:
1.42 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Published Version
Download
Collections
Environmental Research Institute - Journal Articles