Studying the Effect of Human Activities on the Euphrates River in the City of Ramadi

Abstract

The research includes a study of some physical and chemical properties and heavy elements that affect the environment of the Euphrates River, where three sites were selected for a part of the Euphrates River in the city of Ramadi. The river without treatment, where the values were the pH is within the permissible limits, as it reached its highest rate (8.60) in the winter season and its lowest rate (7.22) in the spring season. Therefore, the river water is considered to have a high regulatory capacity, and the river is distinguished by its light baseness,highest value was 118.6in winter and the lowest value was 79 .0 in summer, and the highest value for the electrical conductivity was (1272) microsiemens/cm In the fall, its lowest value was (936.40) microsiemens / cm in the winter and it was within the permissible limits, and chloride was also within the permissible limits, where the highest percentage in the summer was (163.6) mg / liter and its lowest value was (88.8) mg / liter The winter season, but in terms of hardness, the river water is considered very hard, as it reached the highest value of hardness(420.6) mg / per liter in the autumn season, while the lowest value was (240.0) mg / per liter in the summer. As for heavy metals, the values of chromium, cadmium and lead exceeded the permissible limits. The highest value of chromium was (0.203) mg / liter during the fall, and the lowest value For him, it was (0.00) mg / liter during the winter, while the highest value of cadmium was (0.1100) mg / liter As for its lowest value, it was (0.00) mg / liter during the spring, while the values of lead were (0.421) mg / liter during the fall, and the lowest value was (0.016) mg / liter during the summer