Hydrochemical study of groundwater in province of Ain Temouchent (western Algeria)

Abstract

Groundwater resources are very scarce in the Ain Temouchent region due to the geological nature. Their operations are essential to increase the volume of water to meet the needs of the population, socio-economic development; agriculture and urbanization have accentuated the problem of their shortages. The results of the physico-chemical analyses of the various samples taken from the fifteen underground sources; show us that these waters are chlorinated, sulphated, calcic and magnesian in nature; Bicarbonate, calcic and magnesian and sodic and potassic, with high electrical conductivity and significant mineralization, evolve slightly from south to north. A predominance of chlorides, magnesium, a high content of calcium, are influenced in some places by the lithology and mineralogy of the aquifer, but also by precipitation and high evaporation in these areas, in some cases by the overexploitation of aquifers.