Investigation of Some Geochemical Characteristics and the Effect of Long-term Pumping on Groundwater Constituent Levels of Aquifers Underlie Communities of Eastern Area of the Blue Nile River of Sudan
Previous data of 209 construction routine chemical analyses (CRCA) of boreholes were used to investigate the distribution of aquifer’s static water levels (SWLs), productivity (P) and groundwater type (GWT), beside the effect of long-term pumping on groundwater constituent levels. A total of 32 of these boreholes were reanalyzed by the current study (CS) to investigate the effect of long-term pumping on groundwater constituents’ levels. Result indicated that the low SWLs (0.0-25 m) were found in the southern part of the study area nearby the Blue Nile River (BNR). High SWLs (50-87 m) were found in central of the northern part of the study area while moderate SWLs (25-50 m) were found to dominate the rest of the study area. High P (50-115 m3/h) was found in a small area at the southern part close to the BNR while low P (<25 m3/h) was dominant in the northern part of the study area. Groundwater type has been dramatically shifted to HCO3- water-type while the other groundwater constituents levels were found to be fluctuated up-and-down, during pumping time, in a harmony type pattern governed by the so-called “natural physicochemical equilibrium in groundwater”.
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