Hydrochemical assessment of groundwater, case study Al-Zaroub aquifer, Buraimi Governorate, Sultanate of Oman

The utilization of geochemistry has a substantial significance for inferring the subsurface conditions by analyzing the chemistry of the surface manifestations or released fluids that convey the signature of the profound geothermal assets. This contextual investigation plans to define and evaluate hydrogeochemistry according to main ion composition relating to the year of 2010-2014 for Buraimi, Al-Zaroub aquifer system. Graphical illustrations were carried out to facilitate a precise elucidation of an extensive variety of well chemistry data sets. In Piper diagram, water types of the aquifer system are mainly initial earth alkaline water with increased portions of alkalis. Water types of the site are separated as sulfate and chloride or carbonate-bicarbonate ion dominated zones. The data set is clustered into magnesium dominate zone. The Schoeller chart depicts higher amounts of Mg-HCO3 and Na-Cl composition of the wells. In Durov diagram, the information set was projected to a triangular form and it was quite obvious that chemical progress of the ground waters is governed by simple crustal dissolution processes at temperature below 50 degrees C. Lastly, a further step for irrigation well water quality was touched upon herein this to further depict water characteristic in the whole aquifer system on Al-Zaroub, Buraimi. Findings and results depend on the chemical as well as hydrochemichal composition of Buraimi groundwater. Buraimi groundwater is fresh water, almost all water samples met the necessary criteria to be used as drinking and irrigation water.