Sulfate content in some water systems within Erbil City/KRG by using turbidimetric and titrimetric methods.

Volume 17 , Issue 3 , September 2015 , Pages 179-184

Authors

¹ Department of Environmental Science, College of Science, Salahaddin University

This study was conducted on two water bodies; three sites were selected on Erbil

wastewater channel and four sites on Greater Zab river. Water samples were collected at

regular monthly interval periods beginning at July 2012 to April 2013. Sulfate

concentration was determined by EDTA titrimetric and barium sulfate procedures in

order to compare the results obtained by both methods. The mean values of sulfate

concentration in Greater Zab river was 74.98 and 1205.9 mg.l-1 for EDTA titrimetric and

barium sulfate methods respectively, while for Erbil wastewater channel samples sulfate

concentration mean values was 109.46 and 1240.5 mg.l-1 for EDTA titrimetric and

barium sulfate methods respectively. As a mean values sulfate concentration is ten times

more by barium sulfate method than other method. From standard error values it appears

that EDTA titrimetric method is more accurate and suitable for sulfate determination

than other method which is quick, simple and easy.

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