Impact of medical city and al-Rasheed power plant effluents on the water quality index value of Tigris river at Baghdad city
Other Title(s)
تأثير تصاريف مدينة الطب و محطة كهرباء الرشيد في قيم دليل نوعية مياه نهر دجلة عند مدينة بغداد
Joint Authors
al-Janabi, Zahra Zahraw
al-Ubaydi, Abd al-Hamid Muhammad Jawad
Awad, Iman Shakir
Source
Engineering and Technology Journal
Issue
Vol. 34, Issue 4A (30 Apr. 2016), pp.715-724, 10 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2016-04-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Earth Sciences, Water and Environment
Abstract EN
Water quality deterioration in surface water is the impact of anthropogenic activities due to rapid industrialization.
Tigris River within Baghdad city is of particular importance in the study of surface water quality because; industrial and municipal wastes, agricultural and runoff from developing areas were mixing with river flow and surrounding water body thereby deteriorating the quality.
The aim of the study was to assess the WQI on the basis of Weighted Arithmetic Index in order to evaluate the water quality of the Tigris River for drinking purposes from three stations within Baghdad city during 2013.
The WQI was calculated based on the concentration of eleven parameters (pH, Total Dissolved Solid (TDS), Total Hardness, Calcium, Magnesium, Chloride, Turbidity, Nitrite (NO2), Nitrate (NO3), sulphate (SO4) and Zinc).
The calculation of WQI showed that the water quality of Tigris river can be rated as very poor and unsuitable conditions at winter and summer, respectively, in the 1st site which is situated at the north of the study area while the water quality of the 2nd site can be categories as unsuitable conditions at all season of study and for 3rd site can be rated as poor and very poor conditions at winter and summer season, respectively.
Therefore, there is need a regular monitoring of water quality in order to detect the changes in physio-chemical parameter concentrations.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Ubaydi, Abd al-Hamid Muhammad Jawad& Awad, Iman Shakir& al-Janabi, Zahra Zahraw. 2016. Impact of medical city and al-Rasheed power plant effluents on the water quality index value of Tigris river at Baghdad city. Engineering and Technology Journal،Vol. 34, no. 4A, pp.715-724.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Ubaydi, Abd al-Hamid Muhammad Jawad…[et al.]. Impact of medical city and al-Rasheed power plant effluents on the water quality index value of Tigris river at Baghdad city. Engineering and Technology Journal Vol. 34, no. 4A (2016), pp.715-724.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Ubaydi, Abd al-Hamid Muhammad Jawad& Awad, Iman Shakir& al-Janabi, Zahra Zahraw. Impact of medical city and al-Rasheed power plant effluents on the water quality index value of Tigris river at Baghdad city. Engineering and Technology Journal. 2016. Vol. 34, no. 4A, pp.715-724.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-721582
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 723-724
Record ID
BIM-721582