Main Therapeutic Uses of Some Moroccan Hot Springs’ Waters

Table 1

Physicochemical parameters of some thermal waters in the south Rif (Morocco).

	Outita	Boudra	Tiouka	My Driss	Tratt	Zalagh	Moulay Yaâcoub	Ain Allah	Sidi Harazem	Ain Salama	Fezouane	Sidi Ali
Nature	Source	Source	Source	Source	Source	Source	Source	Forage	Source	Source	Source	Source
T (°C)	40	24	24	32	25	37	53	45	33	39	37	52
pH	6.9	7.9	7.03	7.04	7.18	7.1	6.7	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.1	7.1
Cond	11,530	880	45,300	4400	1720	8350	48,250	660	1370	2000	550
Cl^−	2197.5	102.95	10,150	447.3	276.9	2094.5	17767.7	69.9	266.9	532.5	33.08	284
^−	917.7	138.8	100.8	720	139.2	192	38.4	67.2	16.8	50.4	26.6	11.22
^−	268.4	326.35	389.79	414.8	365	292.8	305	366	335.5	34.7		854
Ca^2+	378.6	111.68	403.5	344.82	51.5	121.29	1434	49.77	80.6	70.54	33.75	108.21
Mg^2+	111.9	29.61	283.4	93.35	31.8	47.32	419.8	30.5	24.3	32.5		57.39
Na^+	1277.2	50.79	5161.1	244.67	237.06	1359.3	11315.5	54.6	176.8	310.9		313.5
K^+	30.9	5.7	41.12	5.56	4.3	25.36	404.5	0.75	2.64			22
Sr^2+	6.05	0.57	35.56	7.03	2.63	2.5	64.98	0.14	2.2
SiO2	11.4	12.1	9.5	6.6	7.8	8.8	14	6.2	4.5	23.5
	0.2		26.9	0.2		0.4	15.6		0.3	5.8	3.23	4.96
Li^+	0.56	0.55	7.54	0.062	0.17	1.16	26.34	0.009	0.03
Br^−	3		3.3	1		3	31	0.2	0.5

My: Moulay; T °C: temperature in degrees Celsius; Cond: electrical conductivity: μS/cm indicates that concentrations are in mg/l.