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Monitoring water quality in an aquatic system is a crucial objective in pursuing sustainable development, despite the challenges posed by water scarcity and the impact of climate change.
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Why is it important?
Therefore, despite the acceptable limit of PAEs in the river's water (<3 μg/L), its presence is an early alarm to withdraw attention to its environmental risk. These findings highlight the need for appropriate measures to control and remove pollutants to ensure a safe and healthy water supply in the Tigris River.
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The highest value of total PAEs (2.20 μg/L) was observed during the dry season, and the lowest value was in the wet season (1.16 μg/L). The HQ results revealed that the river was ranked as a moderate risk area. However the water quality index and environmental risk index classified the water quality as a poor category, with a high-risk score in the study sites within Baghdad city.
Professor, PhD Fikrat M. Hassan
University of Baghdad
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This page is a summary of: Unveiling the Nexus the link between water quality index and phthalic acid ester concentrations in Tigris River, Emerging Contaminants, March 2024, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.emcon.2023.100279.
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