Assessment of Shatt Al-Arab Water Quality Using CCME/WQI Analysis in Basrah City of South Iraq

The Water Quality Index (WQI) is an important parameter in describing the water resources' suitability for human uses and one of most effective methods quality indicative assessing utilization health ecosystems. WQI Canadian Council Ministers Environment (CCME) was used study to describe Shatt al-Arab Basrah Southern Iraq, its drinking use. data analyzing river samples were adopted from five stations along every month during years 2014 2018 by Iraqi Ministry Environment, as it included measurement acidity function PH, Dissolved Oxygen DO, phosphorous PO4, nitrate NO3, Calcium Ca, potassium K, magnesium Mg, sodium Na, Total Hardness TH, sulfates SO4, chlorides Cl, Electrical Conductivity EC, Soluble Salts TDS, Alkalinity ALK. distributions index values mapped GIS techniques. Study results referring illustrate poor level status all periods at monitoring stations. reason this due deterioration fresh drained Tigris Euphrates, provision salt wedges Arabian Gulf. However, with continuous discharge sewage water, industrial oil effluents discharged urban areas, declined period.