Skip to content
Research Article Open access CC BY 4.0

Spatial Assessment of Water and Sediment Quality in Burullus Lake Using GIS Technique

Yasser A. El-Amier, Hoda Abd El-Azim, Muhammad A. El-Alfy

Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International · pp. 1–16 · Published 9 May 2016

10.9734/JGEESI/2016/23311

Abstract

The Egyptian northern Deltaic lakes including Burullus Lake suffer from pollution of intensive agri culture, domestic and industrial activities. The objective of this research was to evaluate water and sediment quality in Burullus Lake based on certain physical and chemical characteristics. Mapping the spatial distribution of these parameters will be done using ordinary Kriging method to reveal the link with potential pollution sources. Geo-referenced water and sediments samples were collected from 34 and 37 representative sites in the lake, respectively. The obtained results indicated that the quality of both water and sediments in receiving drainage water of the southern parts of the lake were relatively inferior compared to that of the northern parts. So we recommended that wastewater from different drains should be treated before being drained into the Lake.  

Burullus Lake GIS pollutants water sediment quality

References (17)

  1. 1 Soil Chemical Analysis
  2. 2 Chemical analysis of ecological materials.
  3. 3 Soil and Plant Analysis [DOI]
  4. 4 Test of an Ascorbic Acid Method for Determining Phosphorus in Water and NaHCO 3 Extracts from Soil [DOI]
  5. 5 The Vegetation of Egypt [DOI]
  6. 6 Water Quality and Heavy Metal Monitoring in Water, Sediments, and Tissues of the African Catfish Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) from the River Nile, Egypt [DOI]
  7. 7 Assessment of heavy metals pollution in water and sediments and their effect on Oreochromis niloticus in the northern Delta Lakes, Egypt.
  8. 8 Impact of Environmental Conditions on the Phytoplankton Structure in Mediterranean Sea Lagoon, Lake Burullus, Egypt [DOI]
  9. 9 Impact of domestic sewage on fresh water body.
  10. 10 Water quality and conservation management of Ramsagar reservoir, Datia, Madhya Pradesh.
  11. 11 Nitrogen and phosphorus in water and sediments at Ria Lagartos coastal lagoon, Yucatan, Gulf of Mexico
  12. 12 Water Quality Assessment of Aquaculture Ponds Located in Bhitarkanika Mangrove Ecosystem, Orissa, India
  13. 13 Impact of Environmental Conditions on the Biodiversity of Mediterranean Sea Lagoon, Burullus Protected Area, Egypt
  14. 14 Heavy metal speciation and their accumulation in sediments of Lake Burullus, Egypt [DOI]
  15. 15 ASSESSMENT OF HEAVY METAL POLLUTION IN SURFACE MUDDY SEDIMENTS OF LAKE URULLUS,SOUTHEASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, EGYPT [DOI]
  16. 16 Physico-chemical characteristics and heavy metal contents in water of Wadi El-Rayan Lakes, western desert, Egypt. [DOI]
  17. 17 A Quantitative Analysis

Cited by 15

Spatial Distribution and Assessment of Physicochemical Properties and Heavy Metals Pollution in Water and Sediments of Two Drains, Nile Delta, Egypt

Mahy M. Ameen, Dina H. Darwish, Mamdouh S. Serag · Earth and Environmental Sciences Library · 2024

Historical trends of heavy metals applying radio-dating and neutron activation analysis (NAA) in sediment cores, Burullus Lagoon, Egypt

Alia Ghanem, Afaf Nada, Hosnia Abu-Zeid · Environmental Science and Pollution Research · 2024

Spatial and seasonal assessment of physico-chemical characteristics of soil in Wadi El-Rayan lakes using GIS technique

Asmaa Nasser Mohamed Eid, C. O. Olatubara, T. A. Ewemoje · SN Applied Sciences · 2021

Showing 3 of 15 known citations — external sources report more than can currently be individually listed.

Related research

Article metrics

Real usage data collected on this platform.

71

Page views

0

PDF downloads

36

Outbound clicks

15

Citations

Views over time

Views by country

Approximate, from request IP at view time — not citizenship or institution. Countries with fewer than 5 views are grouped as "Other".

Traffic sources

Referring site, by host.

Views and downloads exclude known bots/crawlers. Citations combines this platform's own DOI-resolved index with each external source's own reported total — see Cited by above for individually listed citing works. Last refreshed 0 seconds ago.