High levels of contaminants appeared to be discharged to the Samawah River without treatment, according to the master’s thesis in the Department of Civil Engineering-College of Engineering-University of Kerbala (UoK). The research was conducted by Zahraa Muhammad Kazem under the title of “Assessment of Operations and Their Environmental Impacts for the Wastewater Treatment Plant in Al-Muthanna Governorate.”
The study also showed that it is impossible to quantify the severity of poisoning chemicals come from heavy metals, hydrocarbons, and other toxic substances. In the linear trend analysis model, the oil and grease contamination showed the highest rate of change from one period to the next (SS1 = 2.311), indicating a high level of process degradation. It is advised that this problem is to be solved soon in order to meet the province’s minimum standards for preventing water pollution.
The thesis defense committee members were headed by Prof. Basem Khalil Nayel, the president of University of Karbala, and included each of Asst. Prof. Ahmed Samir Naji from Al-Qasim Green University and Asst. Prof. Muhammad Abdel-Razzaq Abdul-Ridha from the University of Karbala. The thesis has been under the supervision of both Prof. Essam Jawad Abdul Auli from the University of Al-Muthanna and Asst. Prof. Riyad Jassim Muhammad from the University of Karbala.
