Domestic Groundwater Quality in the Northern Governorates of the West Bank, Palestine

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Total hardness (mg/L as CaCO<sub>3</sub>)</td><td class="align_center">Degree of hardness [<a href="/journals/jeph/2020/6894805/#B21" target="_blank">21</a>]</td><td class="align_center">Percentage of samples (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">0–75</td><td class="align_center">Soft</td><td class="align_center">0</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">75–150</td><td class="align_center">Moderately hard</td><td class="align_center">0</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">150–300</td><td class="align_center">Hard</td><td class="align_center">19</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">&gt;300</td><td class="align_center">Very hard</td><td class="align_center">81</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Water quality classification for various ranges of hardness.</div>

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

tab3

Table 3

Table 3: Domestic Groundwater Quality in the Northern Governorates of the West Bank, Palestine 