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Groundwater development, Kharga Oases, Western Desert of Egypt: A long-term environmental concern

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The groundwater reserves in Kharga Oases have been studied for the long-term socioeconomic development in the area. The Nubian Sandstone, which consists of a thick sequence of coarse clastic sediments of sandstone, sandy clay interbedded with shale, and clay beds, forms a complex aquifer system. The Nubian Aquifer has been providing water to artesian wells and springs in the Kharga Oases for several thousand years.

Groundwater in the Kharga Oases is withdrawn from springs and shallow and deep artesian wells Nearly all the wells originally flowed, but with the exploitation of ground-water from deep wells for irrigation beginning about 1959. the natural flows declined as more and more closely spaced deep wells were drilled By 1975 many deep wells had ceased to flow The water demand in the area has been met by pumping both shallow and deep wells The total annual extraction from deep wells has fluctuated over the year, however, the annual withdrawal from deep wells has exceeded extraction from shallow wells About 17 billion m3 of water was withdrawn from the combination of shallow and deep wells during the period 1960–1980

The Nubian complex aquifer in the Kharga Oases has a very large groundwater potential that could be exploited and beneficially used for a long-term agricultural development in the area, provided proper well spacing and management are implemented

Other major environmental considerations for which precise hydrogeologic data are needed include

  1. 1

    Determination of the long-term yield available from properly constructed and producing artesian wells that will support a planned migration of population from the overcrowded Nile delta and flood plain areas

  2. 2

    Development of an effective management program and adequate staff to maintain groundwater production over an extended period of years

  3. 3

    The impact on climate caused by extensive irrigation in the oases of the Western Desert of Egypt

  4. 4

    Protection against water logging of soils from irrigation practices

  5. 5

    Protection against salinization of soils from irrigation practices

  6. 6

    Development of effective surface and subsurface drainage practices

  7. 7

    The impact of farming and pest control practices on the shallow groundwater of the oases

  8. 8

    Determination of the long-term development of the artesian water on the quality of the water from the aquiter systems in the Western Desert

This paper addresses items 1, 2 and 8.

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Lamoreaux, P.E., Memon, B.A. & Idris, H. Groundwater development, Kharga Oases, Western Desert of Egypt: A long-term environmental concern. Environ. Geol. Water Sci 7, 129–149 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02528797

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