A study of water properties of poultry farms in Sulaimani regions

Abstract

This study was conducted to assess the quality of water in poultry farms in different regions of Sulaimani province, where the wells are considered as the main sources for water supply used in these farm. the results of measuring the pH for some of water samples water were taken from some of these farms revealed unacceptable high pH level poultry, exceeding in some farms 8 value, the results of the brackish water degree which is not acceptable to the birds, observed that elevated in total hardness which were ranged from 165.98 -280. The results of total solids concentration were ranged from 211 to 350 ppm which is within acceptable limits in the world, quantity of chloride ranged between 5.8-27.6 mg/ L, we notice that there are variations in the concentrations of metals such as sodium, where the amount of sodium ranged between 6 - 19.66 mg/ L, whereas the results of nitrate and nitrite, were showed that there quantities were ranged between 1.4-20 mg/ L for nitrate and 0.026-0.255 mg/ L for nitrite. We have been observed that presence of an undesirable odor in the water. We conclude that some fields water unsuitable for consumption birds because of the high pH and total hardness