Assessment of Major and Trace Elements in Drinking Groundwater in Bisha Area, Saudi Arabia

Table 1

Conductivity, TDS, pH, TH, and chloride concentration for 25 groundwater samples.

Sample no.	Sample name	pH	Conductivity (EC) (μS/cm)	TDS (ppm)	TH	Chloride (ppm)
1	Bisha South 1	7.71	936	468	286	132.93
2	Bisha South 2	7.86	605	302	262	110.36
3	Bisha South 3	7.93	914	457	280	125.40
4	Bisha South 4	7.95	909	454	250	120.39
5	Bisha South 5	7.89	721	360	262	110.36
6	Bisha North 1	8.06	400	200	160	45.15
7	Bisha North 2	8.01	422	211	186	57.69
8	Bisha North 3	8.06	427	223	224	50.16
9	Bisha North 4	8.04	445	222	250	50.16
10	Bisha North 5	8.04	430	215	200	40.13
11	Hassan	7.25	6370	3200	1200	737.37
12	Hajis	7.56	2080	1040	1000
13	Niaam	7.59	452	226	404	115.37
14	Tathlith-2	7.2	1345	602	504	150.48
15	Alalyani	6.98	10430	5270	2980	2558.24
16	Damakh	7.27	3750	1930	928	551.78
17	Sadd Jazan	7.24	1628	814	298	223.22
18	Alain Alhara	7.39	3260	1630	328	506.63
19	Tathlith-1	7.4	1321	661	448
20	Tumnia	7.73	212	107	124	50.16
21	Bish Althunia	7.12	820	410	172
22	Sahl	7.18	5280	2640	1586	702.26
23	Shahrani	7.2	3280	1600	904	501.62
24	Bisha Thunia 1	7.56	860	415	220	1655.33
25	Aboy	7.23	14760	4670	3140	2758.88
Guideline value^#		6.5–9.5	800–2300^@	1000	500	250

^#Set by WHO [6]. ^@Set by SASO [21]. Missed samples.