Hydrochemical Characterization and Water Quality Assessment for Drinking and Irrigation Purposes Using WQI and GIS Techniques in the Upper Omo River Basin, Southern Ethiopia
Groundwater is an important source of drinking water and irrigation in Ethiopia’s present study area of the upper Omo River catchment. The present study area has an increasing demand for high-quality groundwater. Extensive irrigation and urban expansion are ongoing in the study area, seriously compr...
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| description | Groundwater is an important source of drinking water and irrigation in Ethiopia’s present study area of the upper Omo River catchment. The present study area has an increasing demand for high-quality groundwater. Extensive irrigation and urban expansion are ongoing in the study area, seriously compromising groundwater quality. A study was conducted in Ethiopia’s upper Omo River catchment to assess groundwater’s suitability for drinking water and agricultural purposes. In total, 58 water samples were collected for this study. Based on the WHO and Ethiopian standards for assessing water quality, the study’s results have been analyzed and compared. The groundwater’s primary ion and physicochemical properties were plotted using GIS technology. Based on the results of the hydrochemical analysis, three water quality index (WQI) zones were identified: excellent (58.82%), good (35.29%), and poor (5.88%). From the Piper diagram plots, five different types of water were identified as Ca-HCO3, Na-HCO3, mixed Ca-Na-HCO3, NaCl, and CaCl, out of the total of fifty-eight samples collected from the study area. The present study found that in the area, most water samples are suitable for drinking, except for a few parameters above the standards for drinking water set by the World Health Organization and Ethiopian drinking water quality standards. Except for the three samples, EC, SAR, and PI data indicate that most of the area’s water samples are suitable for irrigation. Water quality indices, irrigation water quality methods, and GIS techniques are crucial for assessing water quality based on the study. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-64c1abb2774549fe9329033c0203c6102023-08-13T00:00:00ZengHindawi LimitedJournal of Chemistry2090-90712023-01-01202310.1155/2023/3246851Hydrochemical Characterization and Water Quality Assessment for Drinking and Irrigation Purposes Using WQI and GIS Techniques in the Upper Omo River Basin, Southern EthiopiaAdimasu Tesema0Muralitharan Jothimani1Abel Abebe2Jagadeshan Gunalan3Ephrem Getahun4Shankar Karuppannan5Department of GeologyDepartment of GeologyDepartment of GeologyDepartment of GeologyDepartment of GeologyDepartment of Applied GeologyGroundwater is an important source of drinking water and irrigation in Ethiopia’s present study area of the upper Omo River catchment. The present study area has an increasing demand for high-quality groundwater. Extensive irrigation and urban expansion are ongoing in the study area, seriously compromising groundwater quality. A study was conducted in Ethiopia’s upper Omo River catchment to assess groundwater’s suitability for drinking water and agricultural purposes. In total, 58 water samples were collected for this study. Based on the WHO and Ethiopian standards for assessing water quality, the study’s results have been analyzed and compared. The groundwater’s primary ion and physicochemical properties were plotted using GIS technology. Based on the results of the hydrochemical analysis, three water quality index (WQI) zones were identified: excellent (58.82%), good (35.29%), and poor (5.88%). From the Piper diagram plots, five different types of water were identified as Ca-HCO3, Na-HCO3, mixed Ca-Na-HCO3, NaCl, and CaCl, out of the total of fifty-eight samples collected from the study area. The present study found that in the area, most water samples are suitable for drinking, except for a few parameters above the standards for drinking water set by the World Health Organization and Ethiopian drinking water quality standards. Except for the three samples, EC, SAR, and PI data indicate that most of the area’s water samples are suitable for irrigation. Water quality indices, irrigation water quality methods, and GIS techniques are crucial for assessing water quality based on the study.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/3246851 |
| spellingShingle | Adimasu Tesema Muralitharan Jothimani Abel Abebe Jagadeshan Gunalan Ephrem Getahun Shankar Karuppannan Hydrochemical Characterization and Water Quality Assessment for Drinking and Irrigation Purposes Using WQI and GIS Techniques in the Upper Omo River Basin, Southern Ethiopia Journal of Chemistry |
| title | Hydrochemical Characterization and Water Quality Assessment for Drinking and Irrigation Purposes Using WQI and GIS Techniques in the Upper Omo River Basin, Southern Ethiopia |
| title_full | Hydrochemical Characterization and Water Quality Assessment for Drinking and Irrigation Purposes Using WQI and GIS Techniques in the Upper Omo River Basin, Southern Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Hydrochemical Characterization and Water Quality Assessment for Drinking and Irrigation Purposes Using WQI and GIS Techniques in the Upper Omo River Basin, Southern Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hydrochemical Characterization and Water Quality Assessment for Drinking and Irrigation Purposes Using WQI and GIS Techniques in the Upper Omo River Basin, Southern Ethiopia |
| title_short | Hydrochemical Characterization and Water Quality Assessment for Drinking and Irrigation Purposes Using WQI and GIS Techniques in the Upper Omo River Basin, Southern Ethiopia |
| title_sort | hydrochemical characterization and water quality assessment for drinking and irrigation purposes using wqi and gis techniques in the upper omo river basin southern ethiopia |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/3246851 |
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