_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: muhammad.elalfy@yahoo.com; Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International 6(1): 1-16, 2016; Article no.JGEESI.23311 ISSN: 2454-7352 SCIENCEDOMAIN international www.sciencedomain.org Spatial Assessment of Water and Sediment Quality in Burullus Lake Using GIS Technique Yasser A. El-Amier 1 , Hoda Abd El-Azim 2 and Muhammad A. El-Alfy 2* 1 Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt. 2 Department of Marine Pollution, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF), Suez, Egypt. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration between all authors. Author YAEA designed the study, monitored the experimental process and reviewed results. Author MAEA carried out the experiments of the study and wrote the draft of the manuscript and author HAEA designed the study and reviewed the results of the study. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/JGEESI/2016/23311 Editor(s): (1) Wen-Cheng Liu, Department of Civil and Disaster Prevention Engineering, National United University, Taiwan and Taiwan Typhoon and Flood Research Institute, National United University, Taipei, Taiwan. Reviewers: (1) Ewa Olkowska, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland. (2) Anonymous, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapur, India. (3) P. Krishnamoorthy, Dr. Ambedkar Government Arts College, India. Complete Peer review History: http://sciencedomain.org/review-history/14547 Received 24 th November 2015 Accepted 18 th January 2016 Published 9 th May 2016 ABSTRACT The Egyptian northern Deltaic lakes including Burullus Lake suffer from pollution of intensive agri culture, domestic and industrial activities. The objective of this research was to evaluate water and sediment quality in Burullus Lake based on certain physical and chemical characteristics. Mapping the spatial distribution of these parameters will be done using ordinary Kriging method to reveal the link with potential pollution sources. Geo-referenced water and sediments samples were collected from 34 and 37 representative sites in the lake, respectively. The obtained results indicated that the quality of both water and sediments in receiving drainage water of the southern parts of the lake were relatively inferior compared to that of the northern parts. So we recommended that wastewater from different drains should be treated before being drained into the Lake. Keywords: Burullus Lake; GIS; pollutants; water; sediment quality. Original Research Article