ASSESSMENT OF NITRATES AND THEIR HEALTH IMPACT IN QUATERNARY GROUNDWATER AQUIFER OF SOHAG GOVERNORATE, EGYPT
The present study is destined to measure the nitrate levels of groundwater in Sohag Governorate aiming to determine their possible sources and evaluate their environmental and health impact. 17% of the analyzed samples have NO3-levels go over the MAL. Potentially harmful levels of NO3-exceeding nearly four times higher than the maximum allowable limit (MAL) for drinking water (45 mg/l) were ... Read more