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The physico-chemical characteristics of the groundwater of the Temara aquifer were studied by means of piezometric mapping and determination of the ionic composition of the groundwater. In general, the agricultural activity is intense in the area, with water being pumped from numerous wells. Two aquifer formations can be distinguished which, over a wide area, are separated by layers of low permeability. The increased salinity at some points of the coastal zone is probably linked to the combined action of the washing out of Miocene marls, dissolution of carbonate rocks, agricultural pollution and seawater intrusion.
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Pulido-Bosch, A., Tahiri, A. & Vallejos, A. Hydrogeochemical Characteristics of Processes in the Temara Aquifer in Northwestern Morocco. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 114, 323–337 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005167223071
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