Assessment of drinking water quality and sanitation in Ajdabiya City, ne Libya

Abstract

The main objective of this work is to assess the drinking water quality and sanitation in Ajdabiya city. Five water samples were collected from Ajdabiya reservoir and household wells, the chemical analysis data shows the studied water must be treated to remove the contaminations according to WHO (2018). Most of the sewage water of Ajdabiya city flows into the ground and the sabkha lakes without any treatment, which leads to contamination of groundwater because of the lack of a sewage network.