Treating Groundwater Salinity using Magnetic Field Technology

Abstract

Yassien H. Owaied AL-Juboory, Aseel H. Mahdi.

This study was conducted in Kirkuk city-Iraq for the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness of the magnetic field in treating the salinity of groundwater wells, and for the period extending from April 2020 to August 2020, where the study focused on designing a treatment unit using magnetic fields of different intensity by exposing the water to permanent magnetic fields of Neodymium. The intensity of its magnetic flux is 5000 gauss (0.5 Tesla), 7000 gauss (0.7 Tesla), and 10,000 gauss (1 Tesla) with a stable water passage time of 15 minutes, then the water was passed with a magnetic field of constant intensity of 10,000 (1 Tesla) with the change of the water passing time from 5, 10 ,15 minutes. The study showed the effect of magnetic treatment in decreasing the values of total soluble solids, electrical conductivity, total hardness, calcium and magnesium hardness, chloride and sodium ion, high pH, high potassium ion concentrations, and increasing the readiness of nutrients for soil and plants.