Detection and mapping of water pollution variation in the Nile Delta using multivariate clustering and GIS techniques

Publikation: Beiträge in ZeitschriftenZeitschriftenaufsätzeForschungbegutachtet

Authors

The limited water resources of Egypt lead to widespread water-stress. Consequently, the use of marginal water sources, such as agricultural drainage waters, provides one of the national feasible solutions to the problem. However, the marginal quality of the drainage waters may restrict their use.The objective of this research is to develop a tool for planning and managing the reuse of agricultural drainage water for irrigation in the Nile Delta. This is achieved by classifying the pollution levels of drainage water into several categories using a statistical clustering approach that may ensure simple but accurate information about the pollution levels and water characteristics at any point within the drainage system.The derived clusters are then visualized by using a Geographical Information System (GIS) to draw thematic maps based on the entire Nile Delta, thus making GIS as a decision support system. The obtained maps may assist the decision makers in managing and controlling pollution in the Nile Delta regions. The clustering process also provides an effective overview of those spots in the Nile Delta where intensified monitoring activities are required. Consequently, the obtained results make a major contribution to the assessment and redesign of the Egyptian national water quality monitoring network.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
ZeitschriftJournal of Environmental Management
Jahrgang91
Ausgabenummer8
Seiten (von - bis)1785-1793
Anzahl der Seiten9
ISSN0301-4797
DOIs
PublikationsstatusErschienen - 01.08.2010

DOI

Zuletzt angesehen

Aktivitäten

  1. Learner Performance of Language Learning Tasks in Web-Based Environments
  2. Revisiting the concept of the script in institutional theory
  3. A conceptual framework on users' digitalisation practices transforming their digital infrastructure for work
  4. Learning Shortest Paths for Word Graphs
  5. A Garbage Can Model of Institutional Innovation: Field Transformation through Issue Framing Processes in the Interstitial Space, where Problems and Solutions Meet
  6. Deterministic and Stochastic Models for Rota Scheduling in Public Bus Transport
  7. Global Platform Companies in Local Fields between Disruption and Integration
  8. Robustness of coherent sets computations
  9. Chain of Fools? Sensemaking Dynamics regarding the Issue of the Blockchain Technology in the FinTech Field
  10. Experiences with applying for and managing large DFG projects
  11. Revitalizing the Script as a Concept to Understand Structure and Agency in Institutional Theory
  12. Challenging the functionality of audits: Examining the bureaucratization of risks with Franz Kafka
  13. Navigating between Predictability and Creativity in Complex Innovation Processes: The Role of Entrainment and Detrainment in Temporal Work
  14. Interstitial spaces as garbage cans of field transformation where problems and solutions meet: the case of blockchain and music cross-fertilization
  15. Discerning aspects of memory: The ethics of memory in (post)global and transnational contexts
  16. User Journey Analysis and Cross Channel Attribution
  17. Rotation-based Driver Rostering in Public Bus Transit
  18. Discourse, Context and Media (Fachzeitschrift)
  19. Flexible Lernwege: Studium Individuale
  20. Digitalization and Organizational Learning: Use the Double-Loop
  21. The Norms of Behaviour in Space. Our space - Whose rules?
  22. Memory Acts: Memory without Representation.: Theoretical and Methodological Suggestions
  23. Answering Boolean Hybrid Questions with HAWK
  24. 4th Global TraPs Workshop "Defining Case Studies – Setting Priorities”
  25. SPARQL Querying Benchmarks
  26. Workshop: The conceptualization of sound within a studio environment 2011
  27. How to Involve the Enduser into Quality Assurance
  28. Predicting Performance And Motivation In Teacher Education – The Role Of Opportunities To Learn, Intrinsic Needs And Perceived Self-efficacy
  29. International Conference of Mathematical Modelling and Applications - ICTMA 17
  30. Perception of Space and Time in a Created Environment
  31. Continuous Innovation through Modular Upgradeability: How Software Upgrades Affect Consumer Product Valuations
  32. Bridging the Curricular Divide. Integrating sustainability and EFL instruction in a project (week) context for secondary school learners of English and Science
  33. Seed dispersal and predation: Interactions, ecosystem functions and services