Assessment of the Water Quality of some Sulfur Springs in the Bashtabia area within the City of Mosul
The research aims to conduct a monthly study of water quality by conducting several physical and chemical tests for sulfur spring water in the Bashtabiya Castle area, which is located on the western bank of the Tigris River in the city of Mosul, and for that, monthly samples were collected from three springs for five months during the period from October The second is 2020 until March 2021. Which included temperature, electrical conductivity, dissolved solids, pH, total hardness, total alkalinity, sulfate ions, phosphates, sodium and potassium, oils and greases, as well as biological tests represented by the total count of bacteria, where the temperature rates ranged between (21.74- 22.04) C, the electrical conductivity rates were (5158.59- 5521,795) micromoz/ cm, while the total dissolved solids rates were between (2579.6-2761 mg/L), and the pH ranged between (6.9-7) during the study period as for the total hardness It was (2080-2220) mg/l in terms of calcium carbonate, as the results showed the total alkalinity rates, which were between (452- 649) mg/l, while sulfate ions averaged (2310.8-2365.3) mg/l, phosphate ions ranged between (0.02154-0.04482) mg/L, and for sodium and potassium ions, their rates ranged between (376-447.6) (31.4- 36.2) mg/L, respectively. As for oils, the results showed that their rates were (0.1696-0.1848) mg/L. And the total count of bacteria ranged from the stomach During the study period, between (0.5 – 3.25) cells/ml.
