TITLE:
Seasonal Contrast of Some Anthropic Pollution Parameters in Water Retention in Mountainous Area under Sahelian Climate: Elementary Dynamics and Space Distribution (Territory of the Mounts Mandara, Cameroon)
AUTHORS:
Sara Lewa, Auguste Ombolo, Benoit Loura
KEYWORDS:
Water Retention, Anthropic Pollution, Seasonal Variation, Space Distribution, Quality
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection,
Vol.4 No.13,
December
29,
2016
ABSTRACT: In order to understand the origin, the extent and
the space distribution of the seasonal anthropic pollution parameters in the
water retention located in mountainous area
thickly populated and which water resources is intended for the production of
drinking water for serving a population of approximately 800,000 inhabitants,
two sampling campaigns were carried out for the two seasons of the year known
as the dry and rainy season. The samples were then conveyed and analyzed in
laboratory. The parameters retained for this study were primarily the
physicochemical parameters (pH, conductivity and temperature), measured in situ and second the major anthropic
origins anions of (,, and ). The results of the study show that overall the
anthropic pollution parameters undergo an important seasonal variation of their
concentration between the dry and rainy periods although they remain high in
any season compared to the quality standards of natural water of the European
Union. Their space distribution within retention remains overall random and is
not function of the seasons. However, surrounding areas of the retention and
the discharge system of the seasonal rivers (Mayos) which feed it present in
rainy season space distributions of concentrations in anions of anthropic
origin enumerated above highest.