Evaluation of calcareous soil health indicators in Borg el-Arab area, West Alexandria city, Egypt

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The aim of this study was to predict statistical model correlation between soil health and data set of various soil and water properties.

Four sites at Borg El Arab area were selected, Bahig area which is irrigated with Nile water (Control), and; municipal waste water Mary Mina; industrial area along to Emtedad El Rabaa; the region adjacent to the reins of the village Elsaied Darwish, and the area irrigated by artesian wells Alroystadt, to achieve these goals, surface sampling and subsurface soil at different distances from the sources of irrigation (5000, 1500, 1000, 500, 250, 50 meters).

Estimation of chemical, physical and biological characteristics for soil based on the obtained data.

It is clear that it is possible to calculate soil health, irrigation water quality, soil fertility and crop yield, by monitoring the pollution in the different irrigation water sources.