Badeea M. Ali Al-Bhar¹ and Abdulazeez Y. T. Al-Saffawi²
¹Department of Biology, College of Education for woman Mosul University Iraq
²Department of Biology, College of Education for pure Sci. Mosul University Iraq
*Corresponding author: alsaffawia2025@uomosul.edu.iq
Received: Aug 24, 2021 / Revised: Sept 20, 2021/ Accepted: 29 Sept, 2021
Abstract
The current study included estimating the concentration of nitrate ions to estimate human health risks (HHR) for groundwater for ten wells in Al-Manara village of Al-Hamdaniya District within Nineveh Governorate. The results indicated that the nitrate levels ranged between (10.8 to 19.1) ppm, thus 100% of the studied samples were within the international standard limits allowed for drinking, which reflected in the CDI and HQ values that fluctuated between (0.8691 to 0.2980) mg/kg. day and (0.5432 to 0.1862) consecutively, which are within the Safe limits for public health when this water is used for drinking by the local population
Keywords Groundwater for Al-Manara village, Nitrate, CDI. HHR.
How to cite this article
Al-Bhar, B.M.A., and Al-Saffawi, A.Y.T. (2021). Health effects of nitrate concentrations in the groundwater of Al-Manara village, north-east of Mosul city, Iraq. Science Archives, Vol. 2 (3), 267-271. http://dx.doi.org/10.47587/SA.2021.2319
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