Satellite imagery and engineering geological studies of a proposed sewage dumping site, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Abstract EN

The City of Jeddah extends 45 kilometers in length along the eastern Red Sea coast, and about 15 kilometers in width.

About 2.

5 million inhabitants live in the city.

Dumping of the sewage waste is forming always problems.

Two sewage dumping sites, one banned site, and another site which is currently in use, are causing environmental problems.

Accordingly, selection of a new site is a must.

The site investigation study used screening method which envolved stages, start with the selection of a number of available site subjected to a set of preferences and rating.

Upon maximum rating scores, the best site is chosen.

Intensive in situ field study followed the selection stage, include performing detailed tests such as soil sieve analyses, permeability tests, field density, and Mackintosh tests.

In addition, lineament analysis was performed as well.

The investigation could prove the suitability of the new site to be used as a sewage dumping site for Jeddah city.