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Seasonal Variation in Heavy Metals Contamination in Surface Water of Shatt Al-Hilla River, Babylon, Iraq

https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2014.19047
Falah H. Hussein1
1Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Babylon University, Hilla 51002, Iraq 2Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Al-Qadisiya University, Al-Diwaniya 58002, Iraq *Corresponding author: Tel: +96 4 7804009236, E-mail: abohasan_hilla@yahoo.com
Sadiq J. Baqir1
1Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Babylon University, Hilla 51002, Iraq 2Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Al-Qadisiya University, Al-Diwaniya 58002, Iraq *Corresponding author: Tel: +96 4 7804009236, E-mail: abohasan_hilla@yahoo.com
Faiq F. Karam2
1Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Babylon University, Hilla 51002, Iraq 2Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Al-Qadisiya University, Al-Diwaniya 58002, Iraq *Corresponding author: Tel: +96 4 7804009236, E-mail: abohasan_hilla@yahoo.com

Corresponding Author(s) : Falah H. Hussein1

Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol 26 No Supplementary Issue

Abstract

In the present work, monitoring of monthly variations in the concentration of heavy metals (Pb, Ni and Fe) in Shatt Al-Hilla river water have been carried out during November 2011-October 2012 to study the extent of contamination of the river with these metals. Sampling was achieved from 14 selected study sites (most likely to be affected by pollutants). The technique of flame atomic absorption spectrometry was used to determine the concentration of heavy metals in the water samples. Results have shown wide variations in the heavy metals levels varying from high concentration of one of the metals at certain site to low content of other. A total of 168 surface water samples collected from Shatt Al-Hilla river in med of Iraq, were analyzed for Pb, Ni and Fe. The concentrations of the metals Pb, Ni and fewere detected in 100 % of the samples in the range of 0.030-16.090, 0.080-13.000 and 0.040-8.110, respectively.

Keywords

Shatt Al-Hilla river Surface water pollution Pb Ni and Fe.
H. Hussein1, F., J. Baqir1, S., & F. Karam2, F. (2014). Seasonal Variation in Heavy Metals Contamination in Surface Water of Shatt Al-Hilla River, Babylon, Iraq. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 26(27), 207–210. https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2014.19047
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