MICROBIOLOGICAL AND HYDROCHEMICAL STUDIES ON WADI EL-FARIGH GROUNDWATER

This study devoted to investigate the microbial count and chemical composition of groundwater at Wadi El-Farigh area (Western Desert) from August 2000 to July2001. The results of six hundred water samples of wells and storage tanks were investigated and dical analysis of major, minor and trace element were carried out. Most of microbial parameters were absent from most of wells and treated storage tanks, but in most of wells samples total viable bacterial count exceeding the recommended value. The most si