Evaluation of surface water quality and heavy metal indices of Ismailia Canal, Nile River, Egypt
Ismailia Canal is one of the most important branches of the Nile River in Egypt. It is the main source of drinking and irrigation water for many cities. Weighted arithmetic method of water quality index (WQI) was used to evaluate the water quality of Ismailia Canal according to drinking, irrigation...
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| author | Mohamed E. Goher Ali M. Hassan Ibrahim A. Abdel-Moniem Ayman H. Fahmy Seliem M. El-sayed |
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| description | Ismailia Canal is one of the most important branches of the Nile River in Egypt. It is the main source of drinking and irrigation water for many cities. Weighted arithmetic method of water quality index (WQI) was used to evaluate the water quality of Ismailia Canal according to drinking, irrigation and aquatic life water utilizations. The objective of the index is to transform complex water quality data into understandable and usable information by the public. The WQI values of Ismailia Canal are good to poor for drinking and aquatic life utilizations, and excellent for irrigation utilization. Metal index (MI) and pollution index (PI) were calculated to assess the contaminations of the canal water with the metals (Al+3, Cd+2. Cu+2, Fe+2, Mn+2, Ni+2, Pb+2 and Zn+2). MI and PI values denote the dangerous pollution of the canal water, which is described as seriously at most sites along, in particular for drinking and fisheries utilizations. It may be attributed to the effluents of different industrial wastes arriving at the canal water. Law 48/1982 for the protection of the Nile River and its waterways against pollution must be enforced to prevent the obvious deterioration of the canal water and to improve its quality. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e5a53261363c41a5b71a6252298085e02022-12-22T01:27:20ZengElsevierEgyptian Journal of Aquatic Research1687-42852014-01-0140322523310.1016/j.ejar.2014.09.001Evaluation of surface water quality and heavy metal indices of Ismailia Canal, Nile River, EgyptMohamed E. Goher0Ali M. Hassan1Ibrahim A. Abdel-Moniem2Ayman H. Fahmy3Seliem M. El-sayed4Chemistry Laboratory, Freshwater, Lakes Division, National Institute of Oceanography, Fisheries (NIOF), Cairo, EgyptChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azher University, Cairo, EgyptChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azher University, Cairo, EgyptChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azher University, Cairo, EgyptChemistry Laboratory, Freshwater, Lakes Division, National Institute of Oceanography, Fisheries (NIOF), Cairo, EgyptIsmailia Canal is one of the most important branches of the Nile River in Egypt. It is the main source of drinking and irrigation water for many cities. Weighted arithmetic method of water quality index (WQI) was used to evaluate the water quality of Ismailia Canal according to drinking, irrigation and aquatic life water utilizations. The objective of the index is to transform complex water quality data into understandable and usable information by the public. The WQI values of Ismailia Canal are good to poor for drinking and aquatic life utilizations, and excellent for irrigation utilization. Metal index (MI) and pollution index (PI) were calculated to assess the contaminations of the canal water with the metals (Al+3, Cd+2. Cu+2, Fe+2, Mn+2, Ni+2, Pb+2 and Zn+2). MI and PI values denote the dangerous pollution of the canal water, which is described as seriously at most sites along, in particular for drinking and fisheries utilizations. It may be attributed to the effluents of different industrial wastes arriving at the canal water. Law 48/1982 for the protection of the Nile River and its waterways against pollution must be enforced to prevent the obvious deterioration of the canal water and to improve its quality.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1687428514000740Water quality indexPollution indexMetal indexIsmailia Canal |
| spellingShingle | Mohamed E. Goher Ali M. Hassan Ibrahim A. Abdel-Moniem Ayman H. Fahmy Seliem M. El-sayed Evaluation of surface water quality and heavy metal indices of Ismailia Canal, Nile River, Egypt Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research Water quality index Pollution index Metal index Ismailia Canal |
| title | Evaluation of surface water quality and heavy metal indices of Ismailia Canal, Nile River, Egypt |
| title_full | Evaluation of surface water quality and heavy metal indices of Ismailia Canal, Nile River, Egypt |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of surface water quality and heavy metal indices of Ismailia Canal, Nile River, Egypt |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of surface water quality and heavy metal indices of Ismailia Canal, Nile River, Egypt |
| title_short | Evaluation of surface water quality and heavy metal indices of Ismailia Canal, Nile River, Egypt |
| title_sort | evaluation of surface water quality and heavy metal indices of ismailia canal nile river egypt |
| topic | Water quality index Pollution index Metal index Ismailia Canal |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1687428514000740 |
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