Research article

EVALUATION OF WATER QUALITY PASSING THROUGH DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS OF FOUR REGIONS IN THE BASRAH PROVINCE CENTER

Issam Mohammed Ali Abd Alkareem1,*, Mujtaba A.T. Ankush2 and Najlah Jabor Alamiri1

Online First: December 21, 2022


The tap water samples transferred from the water distribution networks were collected from four regions located in the Basrah governorate center, during autumn, winter and summer seasons, the regions are: Hay - Alhussain, Al - shamshomeya, Dur - Aldobat, Al - Qebla, the regions were supplied with water from three water purifications plants. Some physical and chemical properties have been measured at the consumer's tap in the water distribution networks for the four regions, as well as the produced water in the three purifications plants. The results showed that the summer season recorded the highest pollution rate, followed by autumn, then winter season. Studies also showed that the water delivered to the consumer is not suitable for drinking, where it recorded a violation of the specifications approved by some parameters. The study showed pollution in all networks of the four regions, and the Hay - Alhussain region recorded the highest pollution, while the lowest pollution was recorded in Dur – Aldobat region, and that there are indications of pollution of water reaching the consumer at the four areas with wastewater due to damage in the water conveying network.

Keywords

water distribution networks, water purifications plants, pollution, specification limits.