Hydrological Study of the Great Musaiyab Project Babylon Governorate in Middle of Iraq

Abstract

The research deals with the study of the hydrological properties of the water of the great Musaiyab. The chemical and physical properties of water showed that the electrical conductivity ranged between 1196-1250 μs/cm and the pH ranges between 6.44-7.46 with an average of 7.06, the TDS percentage ranged between720-914 ppm while the hardness values range between 420-576 ppm. The results cations and anions shows that the major them is calcium, sodium, bicarbonate and sulfate. As for the minor metals, the nitrate ranges between 16.484-22.265 ppm with an average of 18.515 ppm and the phosphate ranges between 1.371-12.360 ppm with an average of 8.049 ppm. The heavy elements, the lead Pb ranged between 3.3196-3.5644 ppm with an average of 3.469 ppm and the copper Cu ranges between 2.3760-2.5099 ppm with average 2.415 ppm, cadmium Cd ranges between 0.1087-0.2463 ppm with average 0,14 ppm, cobalt Co ranges between 2.0816-2.3192 ppm with average 2.195 ppm, zinc Zn ranges between 0.0116-0.2898 ppm with average 0.1249 ppm, while iron Fe ranges between 0.0-0.4780 ppm with average 0.1618 ppm maximum.