IJEP 41(8): 941-947 : Vol. 41 Issue. 8 (August 2021)
1. Tikrit University, Department of Environmental Engineering, Iraq
2. Samarra University, Department of Civil Engineering, Iraq
Abstract
This paper was conducted to evaluate the quality of the drinking water supplied by the Tikrit University water station plant. The study was conducted in March 2019. Several physical and chemical characteristics were used for the assessment purpose. These characteristics included temperature, electrical conductivity, residual chlorine, turbidity, total precipitation, magnesium, calcium, total dissolved solids (TDS), total suspended solids (TSS) and total solids (TS). The obtained results were compared to Iraqi Standard for Drinking Water (no. 417, 2001), which showed an increase in the values of variables, especially turbidity (192 NTU) and residual chlorine. As for chlorine, it (33%) was higher than the allowed limits. The total hardness value within the allowed maximum limit ranged from 309-360 mg/L. TDS, TSS and TS were within the allowed limits. Magnesium values were within the limits. 90% of the calcium was within the normal range.
Keywords
Evaluate, Supply network, Drinking water, Turbidity, Residual chlorine
References
- Obaid, A.J. 2011. Residual chlorine concentrations in Tikrit University water network, College of Engineering, Tikrit University. Iraqi J. Civil Eng., 7(1): 18-29.
- Gara, T., et al. 2018. Health safety of drinking water supplied in Africa: A closer look using applicable water-quality standards as a measure. Exposure Health. 10(2): 117-128.
- ICMSQC. 2001. Iraqi specifications for drinking water (IQS/417/2001). The Iraqi Council of Ministers for Standardization and Quality Control of the Republic of Iraq.
- Kumari, M., S.K. Gupta and B.K. Mishra. 2015. Multi-exposure cancer and non-cancer risk assessment of trihalomethanes in drinking water supplies- A case study of eastern region of India. Ecotoxicol. Env. Safety. 113: 433-438.
- Lagu, S.S. and S.B. Deshmukh. 2014. Raspberry Pi for automation of water treatment plant. International Conference on Advances in computing, communications and informatics (ICACCI). Proceedings, pp 1999-2003.
- Maslak, V., et al. 2015. Evaluation of technical condition of water supply networks on undermined territories. Procedia Eng., 117: 980-989.
- Abawi, S., M.S. Abid and Hassan. 1990. Practical engineering water testing. Dar Al-Hikma for Printing and Publishing, Mosul.
- Siddique, A., et al. 2015. Multipathways human health risk assessment of trihalomethane exposure through drinking water. Ecotoxicol. Env. Safety. 116: 129-136.
- Szewzyk, U., et al. 2000. Microbiological safety of drinking water. Annual Reviews Microbiol., 54(1): 81-127.
- Tuhovcak, L., T. Kucera and T. Suchacek. 2016. Preliminary assessment of the technical condition of water supply infrastructures. Procedia Eng., 162: 181-187.
- Obaid, A.J. 2011. Concentration of residual chlorine in Tikrit University water supply network. Iraqi J. Civil Eng., 7(1): 18-29.
- Wang, H., et al. 2013. Effect of GAC pre-treatment and disinfectant on microbial community structure and opportunistic pathogen occurrence. Water Res. 47(15): 5760-5772.
- Wang, Y., G. Zhu and B. Engel. 2019. Health risk assessment of trihalomethanes in water treatment plants in Jiangsu Province, China. Ecotoxicol. Env. Safety. 170: 346-354.
- WHO. 2008. Guidelines for drinking water quality, recommendation (3rd edn). World Health Organization, Geneva.
