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 Volume 6, Issue 1 (January 2019), Pages: 51-58

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Validity assessment of some spring water in Akra District, Kurdistan region, Northern Iraq as a safe drinking water

 Author(s): Musher Rashed Ahmed AL-Barwary, Najlaa Mohammad Ali Qaseem, Sagvan Ageed *

 Affiliation(s):

 Faculty of Languages and Communication, Sultan Idris Education University, Tanjung Malim, Malaysia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8325-8829

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2019.01.007

 Abstract:

In this study, lasted for six months from October 2016 to April 2017 in the Akra district of Duhok governorate, we found out the validity of the spring water of the area to be used as drinking water. Indeed, the aim of this study was to assess the validity of the water of spring of the Akra area for human consumption as potable water. The results showed us after the analysis and laboratory examinations (i.e., electrical conductivity (EC), total alkalinity (TA), total dissolved solids (TDS), pH, total hardness (TH), magnesium (Mg2+), Calcium (Ca2+), Dissolved oxygen (DO), and Chloride (CL-)) of all springs water of the region in terms of physical and chemical properties are safe to drink and can be identified as a good source of human consumption. Although there is a difference in some physical and chemical properties in some springs of water in that area, it did not exceed the limits and international standards for drinking water. Therefore, the people of this region can use the water of those springs to drink without fear of any health effects. 

 © 2018 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Drinking water, Natural springs, Akra region, Water quality standards

 Article History: Received 25 July 2018, Received in revised form 14 November 2018, Accepted 15 November 2018

 Acknowledgement:

No Acknowledgement

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 Conflict of interest:  The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

 Citation:

 AL-Barwary MRA, Qaseem NMA, and Ageed S (2019). Validity assessment of some spring water in Akra District, Kurdistan region, Northern Iraq as a safe drinking water. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 6(1): 51-58

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