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Hydrochemistry and Groundwater Quality Assessment in Mafraq Province, Jordan

DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1105365, PP. 1-10

Subject Areas: Hydrology

Keywords: Water Quality, Hydrogeological Facies, Water-Rock Interaction, Groundwater Evaluation

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The acceptable water quality standard varies based on the intended use of water. Therefore, the standard will be dramatically decreased while moving from Drinking, domestic, industrial and agricultural purposes. Water quality modeling software Aquachem and ArcGIS10.3 were used to analyze data sets of 12 samples from four different wells located around the Mafraq area in order to investigate its suitability for drinking. The results revealed that hydrochemistry of groundwater recorded a wide range in total dissolve solid (TDS) and the chloride is found to be most predominating. Generally, groundwater in the University and Zatari areas has high concentrations of nitrate. The major element’s data were plotted on the Piper’s diagram for working of hydrogeochemical facies. Mixed CaMgCl are the most prominent facies. The pH part of the Durov diagram reveals that groundwater in the study area is alkaline and electrical conductivity of most of samples lies in the range of drinking water standards adopted in Jordan.

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Obeidat, A. and Alawneh, M. (2019). Hydrochemistry and Groundwater Quality Assessment in Mafraq Province, Jordan. Open Access Library Journal, 6, e5365. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1105365.

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