Hydrochemical assessment of the quality of thermal mineral water for irrigation : the case of Hammam Meskoutine (northeast Algeria)

Benamara, Abdelwaheb (author), Hedjal, Sihem (author), Bouguerra, Hamza (author), Salah, Eddine Tachi (author)

This study was carried out to assess the state and quality of Hammam Meskoutine's thermal mineral water and its suitability for irrigation. To accomplish this, water samples from ten different thermal mineral springs were evaluated in February and June of 2016, respectively, in the region of Hammam Meskoutine in northeastern Algeria. The analyzed parameters are the water’s physical and chemical characteristics (temperature, pH and electrical conductivity) as measured in situ, and the dosing of the major components (Cl- , SO42- , HCO3 - , Ca2+ , Mg2+, Na+ , and K+ ) in the laboratory. Based on the chemical analyses, irrigation quality parameters were calculated, e.g. the sodium absorption ratio (SAR), the percent of sodium (% Na), residual sodium carbonate (RSC), permeability index (PI), and magnesium hazard (MH). The results showed the spring water there to be generally unsuitable for irrigation practices during the two sampling periods.

• Language: English
• Keywords: Hammam Meskoutine, irrigation, residual sodium carbonate, sodium absorption ratio, water quality, thermal mineral water
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FGG - Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2022
• Number of pages: Str. 19-32
• Numbering: Vol. 35, no. 62
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-163621
• UDC: 556.08:631.674.4(651)
• ISSN on article: 0352-3551
• DOI: 10.15292/acta.hydro.2022.02
• COBISS.SI-ID: 210785539
• Publication date in RUL: 09.10.2024

BENAMARA, Abdelwaheb, HEDJAL, Sihem, BOUGUERRA, Hamza and SALAH, Eddine Tachi, 2022, Hydrochemical assessment of the quality of thermal mineral water for irrigation : the case of Hammam Meskoutine (northeast Algeria). Acta hydrotechnica [online]. 2022. Vol. 35, no. 62, p. 19–32. [Accessed 14 March 2025]. DOI 10.15292/acta.hydro.2022.02. Retrieved from: https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/IzpisGradiva.php?lang=eng&id=163621

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• Title: Acta hydrotechnica
• Publisher: Fakulteta za gradbeništvo in geodezijo
• ISSN: 0352-3551
• COBISS.SI-ID: 3664386

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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Hidrokemijska ocena kakovosti termomineralne vode za namakanje : primer Hammam Meskoutine (severovzhodna Alžirija)

Abstract

Namen te študije je bil ocena stanja in kakovosti termomineralne vode v kraju Hammam Meskoutine ter njene primernosti za namakanje. V ta namen smo februarja in junija 2016 analizirali vzorce vode iz desetih termomineralnih vrelcev na območju Hammam Meskoutine v severovzhodni Alžiriji. Opravili smo terenske meritve in analizo fizikalnih in kemijskih lastnosti (temperature, pH in električne prevodnosti), v laboratoriju pa določili vsebnost pomembnejših sestavin (Cl-, SO42-, HCO3-, Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+ in K+). Na podlagi kemijskih analiz smo izračunali parametre kakovosti namakalne vode, npr. razmerje adsorpcije natrija (SAR), delež natrija (% Na), indeks preostalega natrijevega karbonata (RSC), indeks prepustnosti in nevarnost vsebnosti magnezija (MH). Rezultati so pokazali, da je izvirska voda med preučevanima obdobjema vzorčenja na splošno neprimerna za namakanje.

• Keywords: Hammam Meskoutine, namakanje, preostali natrijev karbonat, razmerje adsorpcije natrija, kakovost vode, termomineralna voda