National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
This study aimed at using the application of Water Quality Index (WQI) in evaluating the quality of Tigris River in Misan province, Iraq for public usage. Fourteen water quality parameters were considered (pH, Electrical conductivity, Total dissolved solids, Total hardness, Total alkalinity, Turbidity, Calcium, Magnesium, Sodium, Potassium, Chloride, Nitrate, Sulphate, Phosphate). WQI values ranged from 93.78 and 264.29 for winter and summer season respectively, and its ranged for all sites between 65.581 to 160.461 and 173.589 to 446.478 for both season respectively. The high value of WQI had been found mainly from the higher values of pH, total hardness, total alkalinity, turbidity, potassium, nitrate and phosphate. The analysis reveals that the WQI of Tigris river its poor and unsuitable for human consumption and other purposes, and its need some treatments before consumption and its also needs to be protect from pollution.
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