Understanding groundwater chemistry using statistics techniques: Case of application: Korba unconfined aquifer system of Cap-Bon (North-east of Tunisia)

ZGHIBI, Adel

ISBN 10: 384849020X / ISBN 13: 9783848490202

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding groundwater chemistry using statistics techniques: Case of application: Korba unconfined aquifer system of Cap-Bon (North-east of Tunisia)
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 384849020X
• ISBN 13: 9783848490202
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

In numerous coastal aquifers, particularly in semi-arid and arid regions, the salinization of groundwaters is of strategic water resource importance, since it places limitations of the use of the water for urban water supply and agricultural use. The hydrochemical differentiation of the salinization processes is very complex as there is considerable hydrochemical variability due to superposition of different processes: marine intrusion, recycling of wastewaters, continental saltwater contribution and pollution phenomena by agricultural activities. In this book, we try to describe the hydrological processes in the Korba coastal plain (NE of Tunisia) using hydrochemical data, correlation matrices and factor analysis to provide evidence of salinization processes. The application of Multivariate Statistics Techniques based on Principal component Analysis and Hierarchical Cluster Analysis has lead to the corroboration of the hypotheses developed from the hydrochemical study. Two factors were found that explained major hydrochemical processes in the aquifer. These factors reveal the existence of an intensive intrusion of seawater and mechanisms of nitrate contamination of groundwater.

About the Author

Adel Zghibi has obtained his PhD degree in Rural Engineering, Water and Forest in 2013. Since then he has worked in different international projects in the field of water resources management. He is the author of several articles published in reputed journals. His area of interest is hydrology, hydraulics and groundwater modeling.