Authors : Ahmed Al-Ashoor, Bushra Ali Ghyadh and Zainab Mohsen Ibrahim
Abstract: This study aimed to measure certain physical and chemical factors and trace elements in order to measure the degree of contamination of the groundwater of Al-Nasiriyah city Southern Iraq. Four sampling campaigns (from Autumn 2017 to the Summer of 2018) for physico-chemical analyses and identification algae have been carried out. This study, therefore, concerned 9 wells distributed in 4 districts located in city of Thi-Qar by chosen 13 variables of were selected from water quality variables that have a greater impact on the quality of the studied water and determine its validity for the different uses mentioned by finding the water quality index WHO values; air temperature, water temperature, pH and dissolved oxygen, turbidity, salinity, nitrate, orthophosphate, silica, iron, zinc, copper and manganese. There was no significant difference between the physico-chemical characteristics of studies well. Concerning algae taxa has been classified in this study. Diatom was the most dominant algae, followed by Chlorophyta and Cyanophyta.
Ahmed Al-Ashoor, Bushra Ali Ghyadh and Zainab Mohsen Ibrahim, 2019. Study of the Physical-Chemical Factors and Identification Algae of Groundwater in Dhi-Qar Province, Southern Iraq. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 14: 5993-6001.