Published September 2007 | Version v1
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Sources of groundwater contamination

  • 1. Atomic Energy Commission, Damascus (Syrian Arab Republic), Dept. of Protection and Safety

Description

In spite of the importance of water for life, either for drinking, irrigation, industry or other wide uses in many fields, human beings seem to contaminate it and make it unsuitable for human uses. This is due to disposal of wastes in the environment without treatment. In addition to population increase and building expanding higher living costs, industrial and economical in growth that causes an increase in water consumption. All of these factors have made an increase pressure on our water environment quantitatively and qualitatively. In addition, there is an increase of potential risks to the water environmental due to disposal of domestic and industrial wastewater in areas near the water sources. Moreover, the use of unacceptable irrigation systems may increase soil salinity and evaporation rates. The present report discusses the some groundwater sources and problem, hot and mineral waters that become very important in our life and to our health due to its chemical and radioactivity characteristics.(authors)

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
31 p.
Report number
AECS-PR/RSS--749

INIS

Country of Publication
Syrian Arab Republic
Country of Input or Organization
Syrian Arab Republic
INIS RN
39122904
Subject category
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data
Quality check status
Yes
Descriptors DEI
AGRICULTURAL WASTES; CHLORINE; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GROUND WATER; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; MONITORING; NITRATES; ORGANIC WASTES; SULFUR; WATER POLLUTION;
Descriptors DEC
DATA; ELEMENTS; HALOGENS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; INFORMATION; MASS TRANSFER; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NONMETALS; NUMERICAL DATA; ORGANIC WASTES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; WASTES; WATER;

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