Biochemical Approach to Assess Groundwater Pollution by Petroleum Hydrocarbons (Case Skikda Algeria)英文文献资料.docVIP

Journal of Water Resource and Protection, 2012, 4, 493-496 /10.4236/jwarp.2012.47057 Published Online July 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/jwarp) Biochemical Approach to Assess Groundwater Pollution by Petroleum Hydrocarbons (Case Skikda Algeria) Sofiane Labar , Azzedine Hani , Larbi Djabri 1 2 2 Institute of Sciences of Nature and Life, University of El-Tarf, El-Tarf, Algeria Department of Geology, University of Annaba, Annaba, Algeria Email: labar_sf@yahoo.fr 1 2 Received February 3, 2012; revised March 10, 2012; accepted April 16, 2012 ABSTRACT Due to the accelerated population growth and development in all sectors especially industry, more water has been pumped and more effluents have been rejected to the natural system. In the coastal Skikda Valley; Petrochemical indus- try is practiced along the year and almost groundwater are threatened. This work is referred to the characterization of the environmental hydrobiochemistry in the coastal petrochemical industrial area. The study has investigated the groundwater pollution by hydrocarbons using biochemical approach and assessing the nature and extent of contamina- tion of groundwater in relation to petroleum industrial activities surrounding tank, channel and pipe. At site of this in- dustrial zone, groundwater circulates on slight deep in the mio-pliocene alluviums (sand and gravel) which is character- ized by an important permeability. Groundwater quality analysis proved that groundwater quality is largely polluted with respect to BOD5, COD, TPH and TSS. So, a narrow relationship between BOD and TPH and important qualitative degradation of the groundwater is shown, especially in the parts situated in the down gradient area and in direct prox- imity of tank, channel and pipe. The extent of groundwater contamination is influencing by the depth of the water table, permeability of t