Study of some heavy elements in some local water filling stations Wasit / Kut

Abstract

The study was conducted to estimate the concentration of a number of heavy elements of water samples of some) RO( plants in different areas of Al Kut city, where samples were withdrawn from ten stations in some regions (Al-Zahra, Imam Ali, Al-Abbasiyah district, Tammuz, Al-Hakim, Al-Hawra district, Al-Azza, Al Khajia, Anwar al-Sadr area, Shuhada regions) and estimate the number of some elements such as lead )Pb(, cadmium )Cd(,zinc )Zn(, nickel )Ni), and compare the results with the permissible limits according to draft 779 Drinking water specifications WHO The high levels of lead and cadmium were recorded and the zinc element was maintained at the allowable values. The nickel element recorded a complete absence of the extracted samples and high percentages in the samples of Al-Zahraa, Imam Ali neighborhood, Abbasiya, Anwar al-Sadr area and Shuhada regions.