Spatial and seasonal evaluation and monitoring of groundwater (GW) quality is essential for the sustainable management of this priceless resource and the provision of safe drinking water. Nevertheless, GW quality appraisal was not given due attention in the current study area (flat terrain part of the Tana sub-basin). This study sought to assess the seasonal and regional physicochemical GW quality parameters for drinking appropriateness using the drinking water quality index (DWQI) and support vector machine (SVM).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImprudent extraction of groundwater tends to undue stress and portends its sustainability. Spatiotemporal analysis of groundwater storage anomaly (GWSA) is imperative for the judicious use, management, and sustainable development of a region. This study aimed to examine the changes in groundwater storage over the past 20 years in the Tana sub-basin using Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) assimilated into Global Land Data Assimilation Systems (GLDAS).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGroundwater is one of the precious water sources for domestic, irrigation, and industrial demands in arid and semiarid regions of the world. The same is true in Ethiopia context. In this study, seven groundwater samples were collected and analyzed for various chemical constituents (pH, TDS, Na, K, Ca, Mg, SO , Cl, HCO , and NO ) to assess the hydrogeochemical characteristics and water types of the groundwater wells.
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