CONTENT

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CHAPTER ONE :GENERAL

1-1 General 1

1-2 Water quality of rivers 3

1-3 The Aim of This Study 4

CHAPTER TWO : LITERATURES REVIEW

CHAPTER THREE : THEORY

3-1 Water quality parameters 8

3-2 Standards 12

3-3 Calculation of the (WQI) using (WAM) 12

method

CHAPTER FOUR : STUDY AREA

4-1 description of the study area 15

4-2 Data collect 15

CHAPTER FIVE : RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

5-1 Water Quality 20

5-2 Water Quality Index (WQI) 29

5-3 Water Quality Index for drinking water 30

CHAPTER SIX : CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

6-1 Conclusions 36

6-2 Recommendations 37

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 LIST OF TABLES
TABLE NO. TITLE PAGE
NO.
Table (3-1) (WHO) Standards for Drinking Water, 2004 12

Table (3-2) Water quality classification based on WQI value 14

for human uses .

Table(4-1) description of the monitoring stations along AL- 16

Abbasia river.

Table (5-1) Discriptive statistical of mean water quality 30

values along AL-Abbasia River within Al-Najaf
province during 2016.

Table (5-2) Water quality parameter standards, assigned 31

and unit weight.

Table ( 5-3) Computed overall WQI values of drinking water 32

along AL-Abbasia River.

Table (5-4) Monthly WQI variations along AL-Abbasia River. 34

Table (5-5) Annual WQI variations for all stations along Kufa 35
River.

LIST OF IMAGE
IMAGE NO. TITLE PAGE NO.
IMAGE(4-1) Al-Abbasia branch. 14

IMAGE(4-2) Stations location along AL-Abbasia branch. 15

IMAGE(4-3) pollution of the branch. 16

IMAGE(4-4) pollution of the branch. 17

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Fig.(5-1) The maximum and minimum values of the turbidity during the 21
period of the study at all stations.

Fig.(5-2) The maximum and minimum values of the (pH) during the period 22
of the study at all stations.

Fig.(5-3) The maximum and minimum values of the conductivity during the 22
period of the study at all stations.

Fig.(5-4) The maximum and minimum values of total hardness during the 23
period of the study at all stations.

Fig.(5-5) The maximum and minimum values of calcium during the period 24
of the study at all stations.

Fig.(5-6) The maximum and minimum values of magnesium during the 25

period of the study at all stations.

Fig.(5-7) The maximum and minimum values of chloride during the period 26
of the study at all stations.

Fig.(5-8) The maximum and minimum values of total dissolved solids 27

during the period of the study at all stations.

Fig.(5-9) The maximum and minimum values of sodium during the period 28
of the study at all stations.

Fig.(5-11) The maximum and minimum values of potassium during the 29

period of the study at all stations.

Fig.(5-12) The overall WQI of drinking water within water quality 33

classification.

Fig.(5-14) Variation of monthly mean values of WQI of drinking water in AL- 34

Abbasia branch.

Fig.(5-15) Variation of annual mean values of WQI of drinking water at all 35

stations along AL-Abbasia branch.

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 LIST OF Abbreviations

Abbreviation Definition
WHO World Health Organization

SO4-2 Sulphate

Ca+2 Calcium ion

Cl- Chloride ion

Vi Concentration of each parameter

EC Electrical conductivity

GPS Global Positioning System

Ph Hydrogen power

Mg+2 Magnesium ion

mg/l Milligram / liter

N Number of parameters

K+ Potassium ion

K Proportional constant

Qi Quality rating scale for each parameter

Wi Relative weight

Na+ Sodium ion

Si Standards for each parameter

Temp. Temperature

IV
TDS Total dissolved solid.

TH Total hardness

Turb. Turbidity

WQ Water Quality
WQI Water Quality Index

WAM Weighted arithmetic mean