Evaluate Sediment Contamination with some Heavy Metals. A case Study of the Al-Gharraf River in Wasit, Iraq

Sattar Obaid Maiws Al Mayyahi; Sarteel Hamid Enad Al-Shammary

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Evaluate Sediment Contamination with some Heavy Metals. A case Study of the Al-Gharraf River in Wasit, Iraq

Authors:

Sattar Obaid Maiws Al Mayyahi | Sarteel Hamid Enad Al-Shammary

Publisher:

Iraqi Geologists Union (Union of Iraqi Geologists)

Journal:

The Iraqi Geological Journal Vol.55 Issue 1E, pp.53-62

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

5/2022

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001836122

pISSN:

2663-8754

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Abstract:

 This study aimed to determine the amount of heavy metal pollution in the Al Garraf River sediment in Wasit province, Iraq. During the journey from Kut to Al-Haay District, seven samples were gathered from the Al-Gharraf River in July 2021. GPS was used to determine the geographic location of these samples. The pollution level in the Al Gharraf River sediments from Kut to Haay, heavy metals pollution caused by manganese, chromium, cadmium, cobalt, zinc, nickel, copper, and lead pollution indices such as enrichment factor, geo-accumulation, contamination factor, and pollution load were used to analyze the situation. Although geo-accumulation has mostly been used to evaluate contamination in freshwater sediment, one of the most frequently utilized factors is an enrichment to quantify to determine degrees of anthropogenic contamination and ratios of enrichment. On the other hand, the pollution load index is calculated as the number of times the concentration of heavy metals in sediments exceeds the concentration and level and is used for estimating the total amount of toxicity of heavy metals in samples. At the same time, our study discovered that cadmium is heavily polluted (contamination value is 5.70) in the Al Gharraf River sediments from Kut to Haay District, while nickel (1.51) and lead (1.75) are moderately polluted, but that the metals manganese, cobalt, chromium, zinc, and copper are not.

Article Details

Evaluate Sediment Contamination with some Heavy Metals. A case Study of the Al-Gharraf River in Wasit, Iraq

Authors:

Sattar Obaid Maiws Al Mayyahi | Sarteel Hamid Enad Al-Shammary

Publisher:

Iraqi Geologists Union (Union of Iraqi Geologists)

Journal:

The Iraqi Geological Journal Vol.55 Issue 1E, pp.53-62

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

5/2022

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001836122

pISSN:

2663-8754

Kut District

Al Gharraf River

Pollution Level

Al-Haay District

Issues

Article Details

Evaluate Sediment Contamination with some Heavy Metals. A case Study of the Al-Gharraf River in Wasit, Iraq

Authors: Sattar Obaid Maiws Al Mayyahi | Sarteel Hamid Enad Al-Shammary

Publisher: Iraqi Geologists Union (Union of Iraqi Geologists)

Journal: The Iraqi Geological Journal Vol.55 Issue 1E, pp.53-62

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 5/2022

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001836122

pISSN: 2663-8754

Kut District

Al Gharraf River

Pollution Level

Al-Haay District

Issues

Authors:

Sattar Obaid Maiws Al Mayyahi | Sarteel Hamid Enad Al-Shammary

Publisher:

Iraqi Geologists Union (Union of Iraqi Geologists)

Journal:

The Iraqi Geological Journal Vol.55 Issue 1E, pp.53-62

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

5/2022

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001836122

pISSN:

2663-8754