Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

Vol 27, Nov Suppl. Issue, 2021; Page No.(59-66)

IMPACT OF ANTHROPIC ACTIONS ON THE QUALITY OF SURFACE WATER (CASE OF THE TIFLET WADI)

Anass Qoutbane, Btissam Khnaijer, Essediya Cherkaoui, Mohamed Khamar and Abderrahman Nounah

Abstract

The quality of surface waters of the city of Tiflet, represented by the wadi of Tiflet, depends mainly on various anthropic impacts, including liquid discharges from industrial and domestic sources without prior treatment. With the ultimate goal of ensuring the means of protection of water resources and sustainable development, the study of the physico-chemical and bacteriological quality of the wadi of Tiflet starts from upstream to downstream from three sampling stations. The results are processed by ArcGis and presented by evolutionary maps. The bacteriological characterization of the wadi waters shows that they are not acceptable for agricultural use, which means that the treatment of wadi waters is an essential step before any agricultural use in order to reduce pollution. However, the physico-chemical parameters show that the water of Tiflet Wadi must undergo a physico-chemical treatment and disinfection before any human consumption.