Study of The Physical and Chemical Properties of The Waters of The Tigris and Lower Zab Rivers and Their Pollution With Heavy Elements

Fatima Hassan Sultan Mohammed; Tawoos Mohammed Kamel Ahmed

doi:10.17605/cajmns.v6i3.2834

Fatima Hassan Sultan Mohammed Master student, Department of Biology, College of Education for Pure Sciences, University of Kirkuk, Kirkuk, Iraq
Tawoos Mohammed Kamel Ahmed Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, College of Education for Pure Sciences, University of Kirkuk, Kirkuk, Iraq

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17605/cajmns.v6i3.2834

Keywords: Water, Quality, Parameter

Abstract

The study was carried out during the period between September 2024 and February 2025 in four stations and at a rate of once a month by three repeaters for each station, and the results of the average values of air temperature, water temperature, electrical conductivity, dissolved oxygen, vital requirement for oxygen, total hardness, calcium hardness, magnesium hardness, sulfate, chloride, magnesium, sodium, copper, zinc, lead and iron ranged between (18.83-24.55), (16.16-18.3), (345.3- 277.16). (7.461 - 12.443), (7.461-12.443), (3.04- 4.4383), (137.986 - 227.386), (74.3388 - 147.28716), (84.7445-64.563),( 36.54-220.66), (25.1965 _ 29.2215), (26.7141- 42.2178 ), (26.105 -32.7173), (0.115783_0.1587906 ),( 0.08913- 0.1476), (0.0511 - 0.1230) , (0.0906 - 0.1463) respectively.

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