TY - JOUR ID - TI - ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF RUSAFA WATER PROJECT IN BAGHDAD, IRAQ AU - Saja Hashim Salim PY - 2018 VL - 22 IS - 2 conference proceedings (Part-4) SP - 50 EP - 62 JO - Journal of Engineering and Sustainable Development (JEASD) مجلة الهندسة والتنمية المستدامة SN - 25200917 25200925 AB - This study dealt with the assessment of the environmental impact resulting from the construction of the Rusafa water project in Baghdad city, where the evaluation process is one of the necessary steps in the decision-making for the establishment of development projects.This study aims to evaluating the performance of project, the main points will be mentioned by conduct laboratory analyzes of samples of raw water and produced of the project and measurement of some air pollutants dispersion inside and outside the project included measurements of the quality of effluent water which included variables (water temperature, pH, EC, turbidity, TDS, suspended solids TSS, total hardness TH, dissolved oxygen DO, residual chlorine, chlorine, nitrate NO3, Sulphate SO4, calcium Ca, magnesium Mg, sodium Na and potassium K) and some variables of air such as (NO2, CO, CO2, SO2, O3, temperature, relative humidity and wind speed) inside and outside the site, The results of the study showed when compared with Iraqi Standards and the World Health Organization (WHO) that some of them were in the range of limits and the other are outside that range. The study recommended based on the provisions of the Law for the Protection and Improvement of the Environment No. 27 of 2009 in Article 10, the project owner must comply with the preparation of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study prior to its establishment.

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