Evaluation of Eutrophication Levels in Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf Lake, Iraq (Biological and Chemical study) | ||
| Engineering and Technology Journal | ||
| Article 13, Volume 38, 10A, October 2020, Pages 1531-1538 PDF (1.39 M) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.30684/etj.v38i10A.1601 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Suhair R. Al-Sharifi* 1; Salih A. Al-Bakri2; Sataa A.F. Al-Bayati3 | ||
| 1Civil Engineering Department, University of Kufa, Al-Najaf, Iraq | ||
| 2Environmental Research Center, University of Technology - Iraq | ||
| 3Civil Engineering Department, University of Technology - Iraq | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Within Al-Najaf lake, that is one of the important shallow lakes in Iraq, the lake facing tremendous pressure due to encroachments, discharge of untreated domestic and industrial waste, drainage water from cultivated orchards, dumping of solid waste and illegal diversion of water and currently it's still suffering from these problems and neglect. The study aimed to evaluate the eutrophication status. Eutrophication is a grave problem in lakes, a knowledge about the eutrophic state help in providing a make efficient realization of the eutrophic problem. This study conducted to assess the Eutrophication level with a scale 0 – 100 depending on the trophic state index (TSI) and (CTSI) calculation by measuring (Chl-a), (TP), (TN) and (TSS), also measured the parameters (Tw), (Pb), (TDS), (pH), (EC), (MPN) and (COD). The least significant difference (LSD) and ANOVA analysis were performed by using the Genstat statistical program. Lake can be classified according to the Carlson index as eutrophic (CTSI > 80) most hegemony of blue-green algae, extensive macrophyte troubles. Adding, according to Trophic State Index classification (TSItotal was ranged between 88.104-89.49 depending on TP, TSS, TN, P/N and Chl-a concentrations), were classified as the lake as extremely hypereutrophic and algal scums. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Eutrophication; Carlson trophic state index (CTSI); trophic state index (TSI); Total nitrogen (TN); Total phosphorus (TP); Geographical information system (GIS) | ||
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