Natural and drinking water quality in Erbil, Kurdistan
Kafia M. Shareef1 * and Sulaiman G Muhamad2
1
College of Nursing,
Hawle Medical University,
Kurdistan
Iraq
2
Department of Chemistry,
College of Science,
Salahaddin University,
Kurdistan
Iraq
http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.3.2.04
This review evaluates and summarizes results of short term or long term projects monitoring published papers concerning water quality in Erbil governorate. Number of studies was conducted on monitoring the physical, chemical and biological quality of natural and drinking water in Erbil. The quality of water samples were generally fluctuated from safe to unsafe for drinking due to the variation of the studied properties with time and sample sites. The results indicated that investigated waters were fresh well aerated with dissolved oxygen, rich in sodium, sulphate and calcium in some sites. While other sites showed an evident case of pollution. Bacteriological examinations showed that greater zab river water was not safe for drinking due to the presence of bacterial indicators. The representative data of nutrient status suggested eutrophic conditions of lake water with alkaliphilous and hard water characteristics.
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Shareef K.M, Muhamad S.G. Natural and drinking water quality in Erbil, Kurdistan. Curr World Environ 2008;3(2):227-238 DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.3.2.04
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Shareef K.M, Muhamad S.G. Natural and drinking water quality in Erbil, Kurdistan. Curr World Environ 2008;3(2):227-238. Available from: http://www.cwejournal.org/?p=825
