Effects of anthropogenic activities on the quality of surface water of Seybouse River (northeast of the Algeria)
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ORIGINAL PAPER
Effects of anthropogenic activities on the quality of surface water of Seybouse River (northeast of the Algeria) Asma Reggam 1 & El-Hadi Bouchelaghem 2 & Saad Hanane 3 & Moussa Houhamdi 1
Received: 7 October 2015 / Accepted: 27 April 2017 # Saudi Society for Geosciences 2017
Abstract This work aims to study the physico-chemical typology of Oued Seybouse river waters that receives the sewage discharged by the localities and the industries located along this stream and the determination of the sources of pollution. These wastewaters contribute to the degradation of Oued Seybouse river water quality. Five water points were sampled on the bed of Oued Seybouse since the source Medjez Amar on the outskirts of the town of Sidi Salem (Annaba), with a monthly frequency during duration of 2 years (on 2012 and 2013). We analyzed eighteen (18) physicchemical parameters (temperature, pH, conductivity, chlorides, sulfates, phosphates, nitrogenous components, oxygenates dissolved, oxidizible material, dry residue, total hardness, suspension materials ….). The main physic-chemical parameters of the quality of the water were thus measured then an analysis in main components was realized from the average values of every parameter; we were able to reveal so the existence of a spatial * Asma Reggam [email protected] El-Hadi Bouchelaghem [email protected] Saad Hanane [email protected] Moussa Houhamdi [email protected] 1
Biology, Water and Environment Laboratory (LBEE), Faculty of SNV-STU, 8 May 1945 University, Guelma, Algeria
2
Laboratory for Research and Conservation of Wetlands, Faculty of SNV-STU, 8 May 1945 University, Guelma, Algeria
3
Forest Research Centre, Omar Ibn Al Khattab Street, BP 763 Rabat-Agdal, Morocco
variation relatively marked with these descriptors, revealing four components very uneven and well differentiated. The interpretation of the results by means of these tools allowed to understand (include) that the parameters responsible for the quality of waters are connected for the component 1 (anthropological contributions: organic and mineral) and the components 2 and 3 respectively bound in the effects of seasonality’s and the anthropological activities. The component 4 could be connected with the agricultural activities. Keywords Anthropological pollution . Quality of the water . The physical chemistry . The activity . Oued Seybouse . Algeria
Introduction Water is a precious natural resource and essential for multiple uses (domestic, industrial and agricultural). Its quality is a factor influencing the health status and mortality on the human beings and animals (Kazi et al. 2009). The industrialization, the non-rational use of fertilizers, pesticides, and the lack of awareness of the population toward the protection of the environment lead to an imbalance in the ecosystem and generate polluting elements that can affect the physic-chemical and biological quality of the aquatic receptors (Mulliss et al. 1997). Water pollution of agricultural origin is usually linked to nitra
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