<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><article><front><Journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type='publisher'>CWE/551/2017</journal-id><journal-title >Current World Environment</journal-title><issn pub-type='PPub'>0973-4929</issn><issn pub-type='ePub'>2320-8031</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Enviro Research Publishers</publisher-name></publisher></Journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type='other'>CWE--29-00</article-id><title-group><article-title>Hydrogeochemical Facies of Hot Springs Water in Jebel Mara Mountain, Darfur, Western Sudan</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type='ppub'><publicationDate>2014-12-31</publicationDate></pub-date><doi>10.12944/CWE.9.3.08</doi><volume>Volume 9</volume><issue>Volume 9</issue><page>609-614</page><abstract><title>Abstract</title><p>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:14px&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif&quot;&gt;Hydrogeochemical&amp;nbsp; assessment&amp;nbsp; have&amp;nbsp; been carried&amp;nbsp; out to study the concentration&amp;nbsp; ofNa&lt;sup&gt;+&lt;/sup&gt;, K&lt;sup&gt;+&lt;/sup&gt;, Mg&lt;sup&gt;2+&lt;/sup&gt;, Ca&lt;sup&gt;2+&lt;/sup&gt;, Cl&lt;sup&gt;-&lt;/sup&gt;,SO&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2-&lt;/sup&gt;, HCO&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;sup&gt;-&lt;/sup&gt;, and other parameters like temperature, pH, electric conductivity (EC), total hardness(T.H) and total dissolved solid (TDS) in ten hot springs water samples of some parts&amp;nbsp; of Jebel Mara Mountain, Western Sudan. The results of water analysis revealed the average values of pH,electrical conductivity, total dissolved solids and total hardness, 9.46, 428 &amp;micro;S/cm, 667.2 mg/l and 102 mg/l respectively. The pH, TDS and EC variations confirmed light-salty nature of groundwater. It is also apparent from the results that, average concentrations of sodium, potassium, calcium,magnesium, chloride, sulphate,and bicarbonate ions were 43.6, 16.4, 53.7, 44, 37.5, 26.2, 428.5 mg/l, respectively. Chloride ion concentration ranged from (30 to 46 mg/l), sulphate ion concentration ranged from (10 to 40mg/l) and carbonate concentration measured ranged from (215 to 800 mg/l).The results were found to be above the recommended values given by W.H.O., 1984) and warranty further recommended studies for the best improvement and utilization of springs water.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><title>Keywords</title><kwd>Darfur region</kwd><kwd> Jebel Mara Mountain</kwd><kwd> Hot Springs</kwd><kwd> Hydrogeochemistry</kwd></kwd-group><counts><ref-count count='' /><page-count count='' /></counts></article-meta></front></article>