Influence of shatt al-arab tide upon the water of hor al-hammar

Abstract EN

A hydro chemical study is carried out to estimate the influence Shatt Al-Arab water during tidal periods on Hammer waters quality and determine the mixing range between those two waters.

A hydro chemical study emptying techniques is carried out using samples taken at 8 point from Hour al Hammer and 2 point from Shatt Al-Arab estuary.

Studies of the marshes water chemistry indicate that the marshes water consist magnesium chloride and Calcium Chloride type.

One of the most powerful inverse geochemical modeling codes, NETPATH, is used in the present study, that is accounted for hydro chemical and isotopic evolution of natural waters.

The modeling results show that the mixing ratio of Hour Al-Hammer water at points (Sample 5, 7) is quite high or event predominant in the final water, up to 96 percent.

Whereas, the mixing ratio at the marshes water in the northern part (sample 3, 1) is ranged between (0.14, 0.37) are down.

This is again a clear indication of the vital importance of Tide effect from Shatt Al-Arab River which intrusion into marshes, for instance effecting of marshes water quality.

Al- Hammer water can be considered chemically as unsuitable for drinking according to (WHO, 1998) and (IRS, 1989), and show that all samples are suitable for livestock and poultry requirements.