An environmental study for Bani-Hissin stream in Holy Karbala governorate | ||
| Baghdad Science Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 11, Issue 3, July 2014, Pages 1319-1327 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Hadeel M. T. Abdul- Ameer; Fikrat M. Hassan; Ibrahim M.A. Alsalman | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The present study conducted to study the environmental parameters of Bani-Hissin stream in Holy Karbala governorate, due to its importance through its passing in huge agricultural area and many small rural villages around it. This stream is branching from Euphrates River at Sidda city and irrigates an area of 114,000 acres. Five sites were selected for this study to measure the physical and chemical properties and chlorophyll –a for the period between December 2012 to May 2013. The mean of studied properties were: 9.5-25.4°C and 4-38°C for air and water temperature, 980-1460 µS/cm and 0.613-0.909 S‰ for electric conductivity and salinity, 1 -0.18 m/sec for current flow, 60-215 cm for light penetration depth, 7.2-8.6 pH, 115-147 mg/l, 189-401 mg/l, 78-170 mg/l, and 21-76 mg/l for alkalinity, total hardness, calcium and magnesium respectively. Dissolved oxygen and Biochemical oxygen demand were ranged 7-13 mg/l and 1-7 mg/l respectively. Reactive nutrients such as nitrite, nitrate, phosphate and silicate were ranged ND-3.6 µg/l, 7.5-98.6 µg/l, ND- 17.6 µg/l and 0.41-5.2 mg/l respectively, also chlorophyll-a was ranged ND-8.1 mg/l. According to present results the stream is alkaline, hard water and not matched with Iraqi standard for drinking water. | ||
|
Statistics Article View: 140 PDF Download: 48 |
||