Assessment of Al-Hammar marsh water by uses Canadian water quality index( WQI)

Abstract

The present study on water quality of the East Al-Hamare marsh after restoration was assessed by using the Canadian council of ministers of the environmental water quality index (CCME WQI) ,the model was applied in two approaches based on the historical data and the CCME aquatic life guidelines as object , we chosen two station in Al-Hammar marsh for the period September 2008- September 2009 ,the index calculation were 13 environment factors: water temperature ,oxegen demand, salinity, Bod5,ph,No3,No2,Po4,sil,Tds,Tss,Turbdity,transperancy, the general historian for the period 2003-2004 was under Marginal assessment in first station and Fair in second station , in the present study WQI value was under fair assessment in two station respectively.