THE USE OF GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM GIS TO PRESENT A GROUNDWATER MAP OF ALGIERS AREA

Abstract

Engineers, both agricultural and geotechnical engineers, are trying to determine the depth of the underground’s water with characterization, because of their impact on the quality of agricultural products for the first and the techniques of the building foundation for the second, so, the geotechnical engineer is trying during the preliminary study of the project to identify the groundwater level by “piezometers”, and to determine their chemical properties in the laboratory. The main objective of this study is to map the groundwater depth in Algiers, to give an overview of Algiers’ communes, to help geotechnical and agricultural engineers to predict its contents during the preliminary study for the project, and To ensure an effective study, using “Géo-base” program which contains data bank information of Algiers area, including 116 Profiling “piezometers” that will be employed in this study.