International Journal of Marine Science, 2016, Vol.6, No.17, 1-7
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Research Report
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Quality Assessment of Drinking Water in Missan Province, Iraq
Salih Hassan Jazza
1
and Hamid T.AL-Saad
2,
1. Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Missan, Iraq
2. Department of Environmental Chemistry and Pollution, Marine Science center, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq
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International Journal of Marine Science 2016, Vol.6, No.17 doi:
Received: 14 Mar., 2016
Accepted: 15 Apr., 2016
Published: 15 Apr., 2016
Copyright
© 2016 This is an open access article published under the International Journal of Marine Science, which permits unrestricted use, distribution,
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Preferred citation for this article
Jazza S.H., and AL-Saad H.T., 2016, Quality Assessment of Drinking Water in Moissan Province, Iraq, International Journal of Marine Science, 6(17): 1-7 (doi:
)
Abstract
The present study was undertaken to determine the physicochemical properties in drinking water samples collected from
ten locations distributed in centre and districts of Moissan province during the months October, November and December; 2015.
Laboratory tests were performed for the analysis of samples for pH, electrical conductivity, turbidity, calcium ion, magnesium ion,
total hardness, chloride ion, sulphate ion, total dissolved solid, total suspended solid, nitrates and phosphates. These parameters were
compared with the guideline value of World Health Organization (WHO) and Iraqi standards. Results indicated that some of these
parameters did not exceed the permissible limit of the WHO and Iraqi standards for drinking water, such as pH, calcium ion
magnesium ion, total suspended solid, nitrates and phosphates, whereas electrical conductivity, turbidity, total hardness, total
dissolved solid, chloride ion and sulphate ion were above the permissible limits of WHO and Iraqi standards. Results of the present
study suggested that the water sample is not suitable for drinking purpose.
Keywords
Water; Physical; Chemical parameter; Moissan province
1 Introduction
Potable water is water free from disease causing organisms, and free from minerals and organic materials that may
produce adverse physiological effects because good water is essential for the wellbeing of all people, humans may
survive for many weeks without food, but barely few days without water because constant supply of water is
needed to replenish the fluids lost through normal physiological activities (AWWA, 1990). The natural water
analyses for physiochemical properties are very important for public health studies (Soylak
et al
., 2002). Some
drinking water supplies have become contaminated with bacteria, viruses, heavy metals, nitrates and salt which
enter into water supplies as a result of in adequate treatment and disposal of waste industrial discharges
(Mohemmad Rafi
et al
., 2011). Exposure to these contaminants in water is thought to lead to human health effects
ranging from minor effects such as fatigue to more serious effects such as cancer, in addition to these
contaminants have impacted on economic status of the populations (Wilkes
et al.,
1992). An adequate supply of
safe and portable water assists in preventing the spread of gastrointestinal diseases (Ike and Ugodulunwa, 1999).
This study aims at assessing of water quality in Moissan province for drinking purposes. It is hoped that results of
this study will serve as baseline against which future anthropogenic effects can be measured.
2 Materials and Methods
Samples collection
The drinking water samples were collected in prewashed polyethylene bottles from ten locations namely Ali
Al-grbi, Kumat, Al-Rafideen, Islamic unit, Qulat Salih, Al-Azer, Al-Musharah, Al-Kahlaa, Al-Maymona and
Al-Mijer distributed in center and districts of Moissan province during the months of October, November and
December; 2015.The samples after collection were immediately placed in an ice container.
Physical and chemical analysis
The collected samples were analysis for major physical and chemical water quality parameters like pH, turbidity,
electrical conductivity, total suspended solid TSS, total dissolved solid TDS, chloride ion, calcium ion,
magnesium ion,
sulphate ion
, total hardness TH, nitrate and phosphate. Prior to analysis all instruments were
