“…The quality of the aquatic system is dependent on the hydrogeochemical processes and reactions, the chemical and physical properties of surrounding rocks in the recharge area, the quantitative and qualitative properties of through-flowing water bodies and the products of human activity. Phosphoric acid plays a significant role and has applications in various industries of petrochemical operations, pharmaceutical productions, food industry, detergents, insecticides, and agricultural fertilizers (Pa rameswaran and Paluri, 1968;McCullough and Frederick, 1976;Ghanadzadeh Gilani et al, 2013;Bahrpaima, 2017;Shekarsaraee, 2017). Liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) is a technique used in the process industry due to its simplicity, rapid method development, and reasonable selectivity (Kumar et al, 2011;Hamdi and Hannachi, 2012;Bahrpaima, 2017).…”