Groundwater quality assessment for drinking purposes using water quality index in Ali Al-Gharbi District, Iraq

• Autorzy: Al-Shammary Sarteel Hamid Enad , Al-Mayyahi Sattar Obaid Maiws

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.24425/jwld.2021.138183

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The present study aimed to assess groundwater quality according to the water quality index (WQI) in Ali Al- Gharbi district of the Maysan Governorate in eastern Iraq. For this purpose, 10 physical parameters such as pH, total hardness (TH), magnesium (Mg²⁺), calcium (Ca²⁺), potassium (K⁺), sodium (Na⁺), sulphate (SO₄^2–), chloride (Cl^–), nitrate (NO₃^–), and total dissolved solids (TDSs) were examined since 2019 from 16 different locations (viz. wells). The analysis results indicated that 18.75% of the water samples were of good quality, 56.25% of them had low quality, and 25% of such samples were very poor. The WQI also varied from 69.67 and 297.6. Therefore, prior to water use, there is a dire need for some treatments, as protecting this district from pollution is significant.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

drinking water; groundwater; Iraq; water quality index

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo ITP
• Czasopismo: Journal of Water and Land Development
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: no. 50
• Strony: 274--280
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 28 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Al-Shammary Sarteel Hamid Enad

• Wasit University, College of Science, Department of Geology, Al-Kut city, Wasit Province, Iraq

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1977-0606

autor

Al-Mayyahi Sattar Obaid Maiws

• Wasit University, College of Science, Department of Geology, Al-Kut city, Wasit Province, Iraq

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