COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON (TPH) LEVELS IN BASRAH GOVERNORATE /IRAQ

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON (TPH) LEVELS IN BASRAH GOVERNORATE /IRAQ

Authors

  • Seta Aram Keyork Garabedian

Keywords:

Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon, Shatt Al Arab River, Environmental Awareness, Basrah Governorate

Abstract

As the document  of national strategy for Iraqi environment protection from(2013-2017) shows that the environmental awareness concepts   is new in the Iraqi society and so limited due to the economic and security priorities under the current conditions, especially aqua environmental awareness side, for verifying this important variable an investigation was carried out  to measure the amount  of Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon for six water channels in Basrah, which polluted from different sources, these are Al Garmah River, Shatt Al Arab(Corniesh street location), (Abu Floos, Khor Al Zubair, Umm Qasr, and Al Fao ) Ports. The highest concentration of TPH was found inUmm Qasr Port, 22.10 µg/L and the lowest concentration of TPH was found in Al Garmah River, 5.35 µg/L.

Author Biography

  • Seta Aram Keyork Garabedian

    Lecturer, Doctorate, Department of Chemistry and Marine Environment Pollution, Marine Science Centre, University of Basrah. Basrah, Iraq.

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Published

2023-06-30

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 1 (2023): Iraqi Journal of Market Research and Consumer Protection

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COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON (TPH) LEVELS IN BASRAH GOVERNORATE /IRAQ: COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON (TPH) LEVELS IN BASRAH GOVERNORATE /IRAQ. (2023). Iraqi Journal of Market Research and Consumer Protection, 15(1), 177-183. https://jmracpc.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/IJMRCP/article/view/338