@article {93558,
	title = {Evaluation of the quality of groundwater for its appropriateness for irrigation purposes using Water Quality Index (WQI), Mchira-Teleghma aquifer case study, northeastern Algeria},
	journal = {Sustainable Water Resources Management },
	volume = {7},
	year = {2021},
	abstract = {
	The Mio-Plio-Quaternary groundwater of Mchira-Teleghma suffers from an increasing rate of salinity especially in the northwestern part. To identify the reason for the water{\textquoteright}s salinity and its aptitude for irrigation, physico-chemical analyses of 20 water samples, which were based on the different physical and chemical parameters (electric conductivity EC, pH, Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+, K+, HCO3-, Cl-, SO42-, NO3-\&nbsp;and Sr2+), were carried out during the period of October 2015. This study showed disquieting anomalies of electric conductivity that reached the value of 4376.14 {\textmu}S cm-1. The statistical analyses, the multivariate statistics: the principal component analysis, Q-mode cluster analyses, Sr2+/Ca2+\&nbsp;ratio and water type showed that the hydrochemistry of Mchira-Teleghma groundwater is controlled by the dissolution of carbonate rocks and the leaching of evaporite processes, which proved that these anomalies of the MPQ groundwater{\textquoteright}s salinity of Mchira-Teleghma are mainly determined by the leaching of Triassic gypsum formations process. This hydrogeochemical process generates an unsuitable quality of water based on Wilcox{\textquoteright}s and Water Quality Index{\textquoteright}s methods, whereas Richard{\textquoteright}s method classifies all water samples to C3S1 and C4S1 classes as they are recommended to be used with salt-tolerant species in well-drained and leached soils.

},
	url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40899-021-00571-3},
	author = {Mohamadi, Abderrahim and Demdoum, Abdeslam and Bouaicha, Foued and MENANI, Mohamed-Redha}
}
