Quality assessment of groundwater in Almadinah Almunawarah city

Abstract

This study was conducted to assess the quality of groundwater in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah. Water samples were collected from sixty wells over a period between June and July 2010. Physical parameters such as taste, odor, color and turbidity; and general chemical parameters, such as nitrate, nitrite, hardness, pH, chloride, sulfate, TDS, fluoride, sodium and residual chlorine, were measured.