Water Quality Monitoring of Tigris River by Using (GIS)-Based Physicochemical ‎Parameters in Baghdad, Iraq

  • Authors

    • Nadia Nazhat Sabeeh
    • Waleed M. Sh. Alabdraba
    • Ghadah Hasan Mohamed
    • Zainab B. Mohammed
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.37.23617

    Received date: December 10, 2018

    Accepted date: December 10, 2018

    Published date: December 13, 2018

  • GIS, Major and Minor Ions, Pollution, Tigris River, Water Quality.

  • Abstract

    Water quality deterioration has become an essential concern worldwide due to climatic ‎changes and increased pollution. As a result, the available drinking water supply resources‏ ‏will receive its ration of this deterioration. This study was conducted to monitor the water ‎quality of the Tigris River in eight different locations in Baghdad during the period ‎between 2005 and 2013. Water samples were collected and analyzed for fourteen ‎selected physicochemical parameters including alkalinity, total hardness (TH), turbidity, ‎total suspended solids (TSS), temperature, pH, nitrate, nitrite, phosphate, electrical ‎conductivity (EC), chloride, calcium, magnesium, and sulfate. To show the spatial and ‎temporal variations of the selected parameters along the study area easily and objectively, ‎Geographical Information System maps (GIS maps) were used. Results showed that the ‎obtained values in winter of alkalinity, turbidity, electrical conductivity, and the ‎concentration of calcium, magnesium, sulfate, nitrite, phosphate, chloride, and total ‎suspended solids were higher as compared with the corresponding values in summer. On ‎the other hand, temperature, total hardness, pH, and nitrate values were higher in summer ‎as compared with the corresponding values in winter. The water quality of Tigris River ‎throughout the study period was within the permissible limits of the Iraqi standards for ‎drinking water.‎

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    Nazhat Sabeeh, N., M. Sh. Alabdraba, W., Hasan Mohamed, G., & B. Mohammed, Z. (2018). Water Quality Monitoring of Tigris River by Using (GIS)-Based Physicochemical ‎Parameters in Baghdad, Iraq. International Journal of Engineering and Technology, 7(4.37), 57-62. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.37.23617