المياه الجوفية في جانب الكرخ من محافظة بغداد

Abstract

Studying groundwater in the Karkh district contributed to the enhancement of water resources, with an area of (3238) Km that located in the west of Baghdad, and contain of five districts (Abu Ghraib, Mahmudiyah, Tarmiya, Karkh, Kadhimiya) and In order to achieve the objective of this study the data of 50 wells distributed throughout the study area has been collected to highlight the importance and distribution of groundwater and to know the chemical properties and capacity of the wells. The study shows that the natural characteristics represented by geological structure, the nature of the surface, climate, soil and plants affected groundwater.The study also shows that the ground water is not suitable for most uses, especially drinking, industry and agriculture because it contain a high concentration of salts As well as the physical and chemical characteristics of the wells has been analyzed statistically to get corelation between them.