Effect of Upper Zab River Confluence Point on The Quality Characteristics of Tigris River Water

<p>Many sources play a significant role in changing the Tigris river water quality within Iraqi territory, such as the river's tributaries receiving points, impounding like Mosul dam, the residential settlements as Mosul city, and the untreated discharge of agricultural activities.</p&...

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Main Author: Mohamed Saeed
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Language:English
Published: Tikrit University 2013-05-01
Series:Tikrit Journal of Engineering Sciences
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description <p>Many sources play a significant role in changing the Tigris river water quality within Iraqi territory, such as the river's tributaries receiving points, impounding like Mosul dam, the residential settlements as Mosul city, and the untreated discharge of agricultural activities.</p><p>The First river tributary is Khabbor which confluences the Tigris River at Feshkhaboor village, near the Iraqi-Turkish borders. The second one is Upper Zab which meeting the river at Mishraq, 45 Km south of Mosul. Upper Zab Tributary is characterized by high discharges rates, and high pollution content. The study aim to evaluate its effect on the Tigris river water quality.</p><p>The Study revealed that the Upper Zab river has  buffering capacity that polishes or enhances the Tigris river water characteristics, with an adverse effect for the others.<strong> </strong>For example, the values increased by 6% for pH, 56% for Dissolved oxygen, and 134.5% for alkalinity, Whereas the other characteristics decreased by 27.7% for electrical conductivity, 23.6% for total solids, 40% for suspended solids,16.5% for calcium ion, 20% for chloride, 33% for sulfate, 50% for chemical oxygen demand, and 6% for biological oxygen demand.  </p>
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spelling doaj.art-4b79a98f6fc846a4b33517a21e879e162023-08-02T04:55:16ZengTikrit UniversityTikrit Journal of Engineering Sciences1813-162X2312-75892013-05-011626681161Effect of Upper Zab River Confluence Point on The Quality Characteristics of Tigris River WaterMohamed Saeed<p>Many sources play a significant role in changing the Tigris river water quality within Iraqi territory, such as the river's tributaries receiving points, impounding like Mosul dam, the residential settlements as Mosul city, and the untreated discharge of agricultural activities.</p><p>The First river tributary is Khabbor which confluences the Tigris River at Feshkhaboor village, near the Iraqi-Turkish borders. The second one is Upper Zab which meeting the river at Mishraq, 45 Km south of Mosul. Upper Zab Tributary is characterized by high discharges rates, and high pollution content. The study aim to evaluate its effect on the Tigris river water quality.</p><p>The Study revealed that the Upper Zab river has  buffering capacity that polishes or enhances the Tigris river water characteristics, with an adverse effect for the others.<strong> </strong>For example, the values increased by 6% for pH, 56% for Dissolved oxygen, and 134.5% for alkalinity, Whereas the other characteristics decreased by 27.7% for electrical conductivity, 23.6% for total solids, 40% for suspended solids,16.5% for calcium ion, 20% for chloride, 33% for sulfate, 50% for chemical oxygen demand, and 6% for biological oxygen demand.  </p>http://www.tj-es.com/ojs/index.php/tjes/article/view/222Upper Zab river, Tigris river, Water quality
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Effect of Upper Zab River Confluence Point on The Quality Characteristics of Tigris River Water
Tikrit Journal of Engineering Sciences
Upper Zab river, Tigris river, Water quality
title Effect of Upper Zab River Confluence Point on The Quality Characteristics of Tigris River Water
title_full Effect of Upper Zab River Confluence Point on The Quality Characteristics of Tigris River Water
title_fullStr Effect of Upper Zab River Confluence Point on The Quality Characteristics of Tigris River Water
title_full_unstemmed Effect of Upper Zab River Confluence Point on The Quality Characteristics of Tigris River Water
title_short Effect of Upper Zab River Confluence Point on The Quality Characteristics of Tigris River Water
title_sort effect of upper zab river confluence point on the quality characteristics of tigris river water
topic Upper Zab river, Tigris river, Water quality
url http://www.tj-es.com/ojs/index.php/tjes/article/view/222
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