《Quality, Quantity and Origin of PAHs （Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons） in Lotic Ecosystem of Al-Hilla River, Iraq.》.pdf

Aug．2014，Volume8，No．8(SerialNo．81)，PP．1026·1038 JournalofCivilEngineeringandArchitecture，ISSN 1934—7359，USA … … N每 Quality，QuantityandOriginofPAHs(Polycyclic AromaticHydrocarbons)inLoticEcosystemofAIH·illa River，Iraq FikratM ．Hassan，Jasim M ．Salman，AtheerS．N ．A1一AzaweyzNadhirA1一AnsariandSvenKutsson ， 』．CollegeofScienceforWomen,UniversityofBaghda,dBaghdad,Jadiria-Baghdad14001．Iraq 2．CollegeofScience,UniversityofBabylon,Babylon,Hilla14004,lraq 3．DepartmentofCivilEnvironmentalandNaturalResourcesEngineering,LuleaUniversityofTechnology,Lulea97187,Sweden Abstract：TheEuphratesRiverisoneofthemajorriversinIraq．WhenitreachesnorthofHillacity．itwillbedividedintwo branches．OneofthesebrachesflowstowardHillacity．Onthisbranch，six locationswerestudiedforthewaterquailty ofthe Euphrateswater．ThepresentpaperisaimedtofillthegapofinformationofthepresenceofPAHsfpolyaromatichydrocarbons)in waterandsedimentofAI-HillaRiver，aswellastodeterminethequalityandqunatityofsomePAHs．Thedepthoftheriverranges from 2m to6m．Thequality，quantityandtheoriginofPAHswerestudiedinthewaterandsedimentofA1一HillaRiver．Inaddition， somephysicalna dchemicalpropertieswerestudiedatsixsitesalongthestudiedraea，ofrtheperiodMrach，2010toFebruary，2011． SixteenPAHsthatarelistedbyUSEPA (USEnvironmentalProtectionAgency)asprioritypollutants(Nap(naphthalene)，Acpy (acenaphthylene)，Acp(acenaphthene)，Flu(fluorine)，Phen(phenanthrene)，Ant(anthracene)，Flur(fluoranthene)，Py(pyrene)， B(a)A (benzo(a)anthracene)，Chry(chrysene)，B(b)F(benzo(b)nuoranthene)，B(k)F(benzo(k)fluoranthene)，B(a)p(benzo(a)pyrene)， BbA (dibenzo(a，h)anthracene)，B(ghi)P(benzo(ghi)perylene)andInd(indeno(1，2,3一cd)pyrene))weredetectedinAI-Hillariver． HighconcentrationsofPAHsweredetectedinhtesedimentrelativetothatwithinthewater．Thepresentstudyrevealedthatthe originofPAHsinwatera