Document Type : Original articles
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, Professor of Environmental Sciences, Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Damietta University, New Damietta City, 34517, Damietta, Egypt
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Faculty of science- Damietta university-Egypt
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Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Damietta University
Abstract
The Nile River's quality is the problem concerning everyone's health in Egypt. It is subject to many sources of pollution from municipalities, agriculture, and industry. This study aimed to analyses the water quality of the river Nile at the Damietta branch. Water samples were collected from the Damietta branch, the Physico-chemical parameters and some heavy metals were analyzed which includes: (Temperature, PH, Turbidity, EC, TDS, alkalinity, total hardness, Ca++ and Mg++ hardness, chlorides, sulfates, and Aluminium, ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate, iron, manganese, and silica. The results indicated that, the turbidity concentration was 7.81 NTU, while temperature, pH , EC, and TDS were 23ºC, 8.03, 403.75 µmohs/cm, and 266.25 mg/l, respectively. The concentrations of alkalinity, total hardness, Ca++ and Mg++ hardness were 142, 131.5, 82.5, and 49 mg/l, respectively. While chlorides, sulfates, and Aluminium concentrations were 27, 34.25, and 0.063 mg/l, respectively; ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate concentrations were 0.13, 0.083, and 0.59 mg/l, respectively. Iron, manganese, and silica concentrations were 0.058, 0.05, and 1.3 mg/l, respectively. All of the physicochemical parameters of the water samples were within the permissible limits Heavy metals as Cu, Co, Cd, Ni, Zn, and Pb were recorded within the permissible limits , except for Cd, Ni, and Pb that higher than permissible limits of WHO standards for drinking water. The present study observed that the overall water quality of the Nile River in the study area ranged from marginal to good according to the Egyptian standards of the Nile River protection agency.
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