Study of the physico-chemical parameters characterizing the quality of El’Menia lake. Algeria

Abstract

The objective of this work is to evaluate the physico-chemical quality of El-Menia Lake, experiencing the effect of the discharges of waste water in this lake. The results of physico-chemical study show that El-Menia Lake is characterized by a high conductivity and very hard quality with remarkable pollution in most points.
Concerning the concentrations of heavy metal elements we found a high concentration in some metals like the lead, cadmium, cobalt and some metals less than standard value of surface water.