Quality assessment of water resources in Northern Nile Delta: A case study in Kafr El-Sheikh governorate [electronic resource].

Includes references.

The scarcity of water makes it difficult and expensive to expand the cultivated lands or even protect soils with natural cover. In Egypt, there is a growing concern that the very limited water resources are becoming increasingly polluted because of the misuse and improper management of resources which jeopardize any attempt for sustainable agricultural development. The overall objective of this research was to assess the water resources quality for an agroecological area in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate. To achieve this objective, water samples (irrigation and drainage) were collected from the waterways that supply this agroecosystem on a spatiotemporal basis over two years. Water quality assessment was carried out using the U.S.

Summary in Arabic.

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