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The water quality of the Middle Awash Valley, Ethiopia.

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Title The water quality of the Middle Awash Valley, Ethiopia.
 
Creator Girma, T.
Fentaw, A.
Taye, G.
 
Description One of the most developed River Basins in Ethiopia is the Awash River Basin. Several industries the Middle Awash Valley is developed for irrigated cotton and banana. Due to intensive irrigated
agriculture build up of soil and groWld water salinity and in general water quality issues are becoming great
challenge for the existing agricultural activities. Hence, the aim of this study was to assess the water quality
of the Middle Awash. The assessment was carried on river water quality, ponds, deep wells and drainage
waters. Turbidity in river water was high compared to other sampling sites. Total dissolved solids in most
sites were above the safe recommended concentration. Carbonate, bicarbonate alkalinity values and total
hardness as carbonate values were high in deep wells. The pHw in deep wells varied from 7.5 to 9.0. High
values of soluble cations and anions and ECw were observed in drainage water.
 
Date 2010-05-11T07:44:09Z
2010-05-11T07:44:09Z
2007-04
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Taddese, G.; Abegaz, F.; Gidyelew, T. 2007. The water quality of the Middle Awash Valley, Ethiopia. Middle East Journal of Scientific Research. 2(2):
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/1493
 
Language en
 
Source Middle East Journal of Scientific Research