Cleanup and valuation of waters of the aquifer of M’zab Valley (Algeria)

Journal of Water and Land Development

Cheikh Ouled Belkhir Superior National School of Agronomy, Department of Rural Engineering, Algiers 16000, AlgeriaEmailOther articles by this author:De Gruyter OnlineGoogle Scholar¹  Boualem Remini University of Blida, Department of Water Sciences, Blida 9000, AlgeriaEmailOther articles by this author:De Gruyter OnlineGoogle Scholar² 

[1] Superior National School of Agronomy, Department of Rural Engineering, Algiers 16000, Algeria;University of Blida, Department of Water Sciences, Blida 9000, Algeria

关键词: Keywords: aquifer;    dam;    environment;    ground water;    pollution;    the M’zab Valley;   

DOI  :  10.1515/jwld-2016-0009

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Instytut Technologiczno-Przyrodniczego / Institute of Technology and Life Sciences

【 摘 要 】

The M’zab valley is a hyper arid region of average rainfall not exceeding 100 mm per year. However, the rare floods that occur in M’zab River drain large volumes of surface water. Thanks to the genius of the local population, traditional dams were made for artificial recharge of groundwater. Grace of traditional wells drilled in the valley, farmers irrigate their palm groves and gardens. However, since more than half a century, the contribution of deep drilling for the exploitation of the aquifer of the Continental Intercalary posed environmental problems. On the basis of investigations and surveys of the local population during the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, it appears that these modern techniques in water catchment caused harmful consequences to the region like the rising of water consumption, pollution of groundwater and soil salinity. Solutions and recommendations are outlined in this article.

【 授权许可】

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