Chemical and physical analysis of some ground water sample in Al-Quti wells Hodiedah, Yemen

Subject Areas : Journal of the Iranian Chemical Research

Badr Ismael Abdul Razzak ¹ , Atta Ibraheem Atta ²

1 - Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Education, Hodeidah University, Yemen
2 - Department of Medical Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine Science, Hodeidah University, Yemen

Received: 2008-07-07 Accepted : 2008-12-17 Published : 2008-01-20

Keywords: Ground water, Hodeidah, Yemen, Heavy elements, Chemical and physical analysis,

Abstract :

Study of the ground water quality in Hodeidah is an essential ingredient for a healthypopulation. In this research, study of drinking water samples for eight water sources wells in theQuti field has been achieved. The purpose was to a certain the quality of water from thesesources, the physical properties such as pH, electrical conductivity (EC) and total dissolvedsolids (TDS), showed the variation of pH (7.24-7.80),TDS (744.0-1008.6) mg L-1, within thepermissible limits for World Health Organization (WHO). Except well(1) which had slightexcess for TDS (100.8 mg L-1). The measurements of total hardness (TH) , NO3-,SO42-, PO43-, Cl-, Na+, K+, Ca2+ and Mg2+ has been measured. The levels of NO3 were unacceptable by the valueof (70-153) mg L-1. And SO42- by the range of (130-420) mg L-1, recalls exceeding the allowablevalues given by WHO, while Cl-, Na+ , Ca2+ ,TH, total alkalinity and Mg2+ were the permissiblelimits for WHO and Yemen standard (YS). The analysis data of heavy elements concentrationCr, Fe, and Mn were far from the pollution and within the permissible limits.

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