Evaluation of the Physio-Chemical Quantities for Groundwater in some Industrial and Residential Locations of AjdabiyaCity, Libya

Abstract

The present study was conducted for chemical analysis of some parameters and the concentrations of the major ions in groundwater samples. Thirty-six groundwater samples were collected from February to April in19 from different sources in Ajdabiya City, Libya. The study relied on using standard methods to obtain accurate results for assessing the pH and the concentrations of alkalinity, sulphate, chloride, total dissolved solids (TDS), total hardness (TH), and the percentage of sodium (Na%). Results show that the pH of water in all the samples has no remarkable variation from 6.7-8.9. The mean TDS values were 1.00 - 988 mg/L, where the highest TDS permissible level is 1000 mg/L.  and the mean EC values were 222 and 3980μs/cm. The content of Ca⁺², Mg⁺², and SO₄^2- were found to be less than the permissible limit. Therefore, this study showed that all analyzed samples are within acceptable limits. The analyzed water samples may be classified as safe for drinking compared with WHO, BIS, and ICMR standards results.