Evaluation of Drinking Water Quality in Group of Schools at Mosul City

Abstract

ABSTRACTThe monitoring of water quality produced for drinking is one of the mostimportant study in order to evaluate the suitability of water for humanconsumption also to evaluate efficiencies of treatment water plants and waterdistribution system especially in the present situation of the country. This studyfocusing on the quality of drinking water used by student in some schools atMosul city. Where 17 schools had been selected through the city. mainchemical and physical analysis had been done on these samples in addition tothe total bacteria count, the study revealed that the water quality of the studiedschools was within the standards of drinking water. A negative result wereappeared for total bacteria count in one sample, only seem to be an indicationof a new case of pollution with bacteria, this might be due to the water supplynetwork, fortunately the result were within the Iraqi standards for drinkingwater.Key words: Water quality, Drinking water, Schools, Iraq, Mosul, Blockade,Water Supply.2005/