SYNTHESIS OF HYBRID ORGANIC – INORGANIC MATERIALS FOR POLLUTED GROUNDWATER TREATMENT SAN EL HAGER EAST DELTA EGYPT

Abstract

The overall goal of this study is to find an alternative source of water in arid areas through the use of laboratory prepared nanomaterials and using these nanomaterials for treatment water pollution in San El-Hager area. The investigated area lies in the Nile Delta region north Egypt at longitudes of 31° 49’ to 31° 58’ E and latitudes of 30° 50’ to 31° 30’ N. The study area was selected to evaluate the possibility using the prepared nanomaterials in water treatment. Also, this study is concerned with the evaluation of the hydrochemical setting of water resources (surface water and groundwater) to assess the hydrochemical processes affecting water quality (leaching, dissolution, cation exchange, etc). In addition, mineralization, geochemical evolution and evaluation of groundwater for different uses have also been discussed. Twenty water samples (10 ground water samples and 10 surface water samples) were collected from the study area. All samples were analyzed in field to estimate the pH, EC, depth to water and total depth. All laboratory analysis for all samples were conducted in central laboratories, Desert Research Center to estimate the concentration of major and minor components such as calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, carbonate, bicarbonate, sulfates and chlorides in addition to organic metal, trace and heavy metals.