Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Soil and Water Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tripoli, Libya
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Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Libyan Academy, Libya
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Higher Institute of Engineering Technologies, Tripoli, Libya
Abstract
This study deals with research on the environmental effects of water transferred to Tripoli City, Libya, on economic activity, especially agricultural production, as well as, the side project of urban, industrial and service side of the area compared to areas that do not suffer from water scarcity in Libya This done by relying on reports and official statistics issued by the competent authorities in Libya and analysis of that information statistically as in this study the use of available information on the study area through the distribution of a questionnaire relating to the urban side forms and 125 questionnaires were contained many questions that serve this study. The number of 50 was distributed questionnaires to the owners of the farms in the study area that serve this study in terms of the environmental aspect. As well as, the distribution 25 were distributed to 25 industrial and service sites concerning the study of the industrial and service sides. The analysis of these questionnaires using some descriptive statistics methods and of the standard deviation frequencies and percentages to display the data that reflect the personal variables of the items of the sample, as well as some of the methods and statistical tests and other deductive, were also statistically significant study data processing through the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS- Statistical Package for Social Sciences), where it shows that the lack of water in the study area has led to a decrease in productivity of agricultural land, and weak returns economic them, also forced people in this region to compensate for the acute water shortage in the daily water their needs secured by through the purchase of water large amounts of money to weigh their shoulders and brought in from other far places by portable tanks on trucks, which cost the citizen additional expenses directly from the annual limited income, and also cause them in other, indirect costs as a result of the need for storage that amount of water transferred, In addition, the failure to ensure borne water quality and may result in health problems for the population, which confirms that the severe shortage and water scarcity afflicting the study area throught environmental, social and economic concerns.
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