Environmental study of some physicochemical and bacteriological properties of valley Salma water in Tal Afar district/west of Nineveh Governorate and the possibility of using it for irrigation purposes

Section: Research Article
Issue
Vol. 3 No. 2 (2025): Journal of Rafidain Environment July 2025
Published
Oct 6, 2025
Pages
18-30

Abstract

The current study aimed to evaluate the quality of the water of valley Salma Dara in Tal Afar District within Nineveh Governorate/Iraq seasonally and the possibility of using it for irrigation purposes for the period from November 2023 to July 2024. Some physicochemical and bacteriological properties were measured, which were represented by the acidity function, electrical conductivity, total hardness concentration, total dissolved solids, orthophosphate ions, sulfates, chloride and nitrate ions, and total bacterial counts and coliform bacteria. The results of the current study showed a clear variation in the properties, as the acidity function values ​​ranged between (7-7.3), while the electrical conductivity values ​​ranged between (1124-1211) microsiemens/cm, and as for the total hardness concentrations, the results showed that their range ranged between (730-806) mg/l, while the concentrations of total dissolved solids ranged between (587-786) mg/l. The results of the current study also showed that the concentrations of orthophosphate and sulfate ranged between (2.11-2.61) (357-389) mg/l, respectively, while the concentrations of chloride and nitrate ions ranged between (74-98) (20.124-22.145) mg/l, respectively. Finally, the results recorded that the highest number of total bacteria and colonic bacteria, respectively, were (44×103-22×103) cells/ml during the four seasons.


The results showed that the valley water, through some of the studied physicochemical and bacteriological characteristics, falls within the determinants of Iraqi water for irrigation purposes.

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Authors

Hussein K. A. Al-Muradi
Mazin N. F. AL-Sanjari
Iman Taha Yaseen

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https://doi.org/10.33899/jre.v3i2.49931
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