Rivers have been addressed as one of main
resources of water supply for different consumptions including agriculture,
drinking and industry. Therefore, with regard to recent droughts, also rural
and urban development, monitoring the quality of these resources is considered
as an important function in the context of environmental management. With
respect to the importance of Godarkhosh river, located in Ilam province, its
entrance into Iraq country, its removal for different consumptions, also
discharging various pollutants into this river, its qualitative assessment
seems necessary. On the one hand, zoning, contamination and presenting proper
image of qualitative condition of surface water by means of GIS resulted into
the situation that every management decision that affects directly or
indirectly on national surface waters, must be made consciously. Research method
is cross- sectional descriptive. It's various stages are including: sampling 10
stations across the river during 6 months (From September 2010 to march 2011),
measuring such qualitative parameters as temperature, measuring such
qualitative parameters as temperature, dissolved oxygen (O2), essential
biochemical oxygen, fecal coliform, Nitrate, phosphate, turbidity, pH, total
dissolved solids and data analysis by using national water quality index
(NSFWQI). To prepare water qualitative zoning model of this river, besides
above index in relation to natural factors, (geology, soil quality, vegetation
and local permeability). GIS software was used to consider this model. Obtained
results indicated that mean NSFWQI in the best condition with the effect of natural
factors is related to stations 5 and 7 with 50/33 and 59/33, respectively.
Actually this would determine intermediate condition in regard to qualitative
index and average index in worst state with the effect of natural factors is
related to station 4 with 49/33 that indicated the appearance of bad
qualitative condition.
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