Research Article

Anomalous Fluctuation of Halogens in Relation to the Pollution Status along Lake Mariout, Egypt

Table 2

Distribution of the studied variables in surface water (w) and their chlorinity ratios along Lake Mariout.

Determined variablesMinimumSiteMaximumSiteAverageSDSeawateraLake Marioutb,c,d

Physicochemical variables
Tw13.71015.341117.591.34
Salinity (S‰w)2.3137.914.891.52
Chlorinity (Cl‰w)2.05137.114.381.3718.98
TDSw (mg L−1l)2463.513768314850.31528.74
Turbidity (NTU)1.66838.51212.9611.74
DOw (mg L−1l)0612.4126.054.832.14–5.63d
pHw7.44138.9927.10–8.60d
CO3w (mg L−1)1.21 & 2115.233138.8
HCO3w (mg L−1)78.083190.3212114.732.1
Bw (mg L−1)0.5716.6116.914.114.5
Pw (μg L−1)0.0381.2650.290.33
Siw (μg L−1)0.09126.9943.171.91
Caw (mg L−1)60.9212352.78177.0373.540054.9, 81.8–146.4d
Mgw (mg L−1)97.253666.151286.84160.021272120.1
Naw (mg L−1)23111142011011.15297.2105561033.2
Kw (mg L−1)81159137.6912.338058.5
Liw(mg L−1)0.139110.1710.1540.010.17
SO4w (mg L−1)19.7812341.119168.5694.882649424.5
Cuw (μg L−1)2.0436.2173.171.137
Mnw (μg L−1)0.018 &1319.833.155.5410
Few (μg L−1)0.09913.92136.94.1940
Znw (μg L−1)5.27223.67510.855.7820
Fw (mg L−1)0.15113.96122.041.171.3
Clw (mg L−1)204813728414397140018980
Brw (mg L−1)5.0612&1354.1518.1318.91655.92
Iw (μg L−1)5.661054.1411.0812.9660

Ion chlorinity ratio
Caw/Clw1.70E − 02121.00E − 01134.40E − 022.40E − 022.13E − 023.35E − 02
Mgw/Clw2.50E − 0231.10E − 01136.40E − 022.30E − 026.69E − 027.33E − 02
Naw/Clw6.50E − 02113.80E − 01132.40E − 017.20E − 025.60E − 016.35E − 01
Kw/Clw2.20E − 03111.50E − 02138.90E − 032.90E − 032.10E − 023.60E − 02
Liw/Clw2.40E − 0517.00E − 05133.80E − 051.10E − 059.39E − 06
SO4w/Clw5.40E − 03121.10E − 01134.20E − 023.10E − 021.40E − 012.60E − 01
Bw/Clw9.78E − 0573.32E − 0396.70E − 031.70E − 038.95E − 04
Fw/Clw4.30E − 05111.40E − 03135.40E − 044.20E − 046.70E − 05
Brw/Clw1.40E − 03121.60E − 0294.40E − 035.00E − 033.50E − 033.60E − 05
Iw/Clw9.40E − 0411.60E − 0243.00E − 034.00E − 03

a[51]; b and c[52, 53]; d[54].