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(2016). Groundwater in Egypt Issue: Resources, Location, Amount, Contamination, Protection, Renewal, Future Overview. Egyptian Journal of Chemistry, 59(3), 321-362. doi: 10.21608/ejchem.2016.1085
. "Groundwater in Egypt Issue: Resources, Location, Amount, Contamination, Protection, Renewal, Future Overview". Egyptian Journal of Chemistry, 59, 3, 2016, 321-362. doi: 10.21608/ejchem.2016.1085
(2016). 'Groundwater in Egypt Issue: Resources, Location, Amount, Contamination, Protection, Renewal, Future Overview', Egyptian Journal of Chemistry, 59(3), pp. 321-362. doi: 10.21608/ejchem.2016.1085
Groundwater in Egypt Issue: Resources, Location, Amount, Contamination, Protection, Renewal, Future Overview. Egyptian Journal of Chemistry, 2016; 59(3): 321-362. doi: 10.21608/ejchem.2016.1085

Groundwater in Egypt Issue: Resources, Location, Amount, Contamination, Protection, Renewal, Future Overview

Article 4, Volume 59, Issue 3, June 2016, Page 321-362  XML PDF (1.14 MB)
DOI: 10.21608/ejchem.2016.1085
Cited by Scopus (15)
Receive Date: 22 December 2015,  Revise Date: 08 May 2016,  Accept Date: 09 May 2016 
Abstract



THE PRESENT review is concerning with the groundwater issue in Egypt. Groundwater is one of the most important resources of water in Egypt. It ranks as the second source after the NileRiver. In addition, there are different groundwater aquifers with variable importance for exploitation in the Nile river region. They are ranging from shallow local aquifers, recharged by rainfall, to deep non-replenishable aquifers. The first comprises groundwater in the NileValley and Delta system. The second aquifer category is the non-renewable type, which is located in the “Western Desert-Nubian Sandstone Aquifer”. Non-renewable groundwater exploitation is estimated at a rate of 1.65 Billion m3/year (BCM/year). It is mainly concentrated at the Western Desert Oases with 0.5 BCM/yr. On the other side, the amount of groundwater abstractions in Delta, Sinai and NewValley are about 5.1 BCM/yr. It is estimated that about 200,000 BCM of fresh water are stored in the NewValley's Oasis aquifer only. The water is at the depth of 60-100 m around the area of East-Oweinat. In Sinai, groundwater is mainly encountered in three different water-bearing aquifers. Further information concerning groundwater issue in Egypt, locations, origin, amount, quality and quantities, contamination, natural aquifer treatment, protection, uses, future overview and conclusion are included and discussed in details in this review.
 
 
Keywords
Groundwater; Egypt; water resources; Location of groundwater; Amount of groundwater; Groundwater contamination; Groundwater protection; Groundwater renewable; Future overview and Issue of groundwater
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