Asssessing ground water quality of Addis Ababa city by using Geographical Information System
| dc.contributor.advisor | Berhan, Getachew(PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tsegaye, Aderaw | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-29T06:39:18Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-19T12:04:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-06-29T06:39:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-19T12:04:48Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Groundwater is one of the most important natural resources. It becomes a necessary resource over the past years due to the increase in its usage for drinking, irrigation and industrial uses etc. Groundwater quality assessment is necessary to guarantee sustainable safe use of water. Mapping of spatial variability of groundwater quality is of vital importance and it is particularly significant where groundwater is primary source of potable water. The present study has been undertaken to analyze the spatial variability of groundwater quality for Addis Ababa city, capital of Ethiopia. Ground water pollution is a global issue. However, the extent and degree of severity of water pollution is more prominent in developing countries. The aim of this research is to provide an overview of present groundwater quality spatial distribution over the city of Addis Ababa. Geographical Information System (GIS) is used for the spatial analysis and it is a powerful tool for representation and analysis of spatial information related to water resources. Geostatistics was used to determine the spatial distribution of groundwater quality parameters in the study area using GIS and geostatistical techniques. Ordinary kriging interpolation techniques was applied to generate water quality maps. The major water quality parameters such as Total Dissolved Solids, Total hardness, Chloride, Nitrate, Sulphates, Magnesium and Calcium have been analysed. The spatial variation maps of these groundwater quality parameters shows that mostly in the central part of the city there is high concentration of nitrate, TDS, total hardness. But from those parameters chloride, Magnesium, calcium and sulphate have low concentration below the world health Organization standard. The final integrated map shows four priority classes such as Excellent, Good, Poor and Very poor groundwater quality zones of the study area and provides a guideline for the suitability of groundwater for domestic purposes. Water quality index (WQI) was used to assess the suitability of groundwater from the study area for drinking purpose. From the WQI assessment The map showed that 78.18 % (422.17 km2) of the groundwater of the city were found to be in the excellent water class, 20.86 % (112.62 km2) good, 0.9 % (4.87 km2) poor and the remaining 0.06 % (0.34 km2) was classified under very poor water class based on the computed WQI classification results. Key words: Geostatistics, GIS , Ground water, Interpolation, water quality | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/4830 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Geostatistics | en_US |
| dc.subject | GIS | en_US |
| dc.subject | Ground water | en_US |
| dc.subject | Interpolation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Water Quality | en_US |
| dc.title | Asssessing ground water quality of Addis Ababa city by using Geographical Information System | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |