College of Environmental Sciences

Under the patronage of the President of the University of Mosul, Prof. Dr. Wahid Mahmoud Al-Ibrahimi, and the supervision of the Dean of the College of Environmental Sciences, Dr. Yusra Majeed Al-Shaker, and in the presence of the Assistant Dean for Scientific Affairs at the College of Environmental Sciences, Dr. Muhammad Walid Al-Abbasi, the discussion of the master’s thesis entitled “Environmental Study of Wastewater Discharged from Tal Afar District and the Possibility of Using It for Irrigation and Agriculture” for the student Hussein Kazim Ali Akbar Al-Muradi took place this morning, Thursday, February 27, 2025, in the discussion hall of our college.

The discussion committee was headed by Assistant Professor Dr. Ayman Muhammad Jabr, and the membership of Assistant Professor Dr. Hazem Jumaa Mahmoud and Lecturer Dr. Ansam Ahmed Saadoun, and the membership and supervision of Assistant Professor Dr. Mazen Nizar Fadl
and Lecturer Dr. Iman Taha Yassin.

The study included the evaluation of urban wastewater in the city of Tal Afar in Nineveh Governorate, which is discharged into the main valleys before being used for irrigation according to the Iraqi irrigation water specifications.

The study aimed to show the quality of water reaching the residential units in Tal Afar district, and the quality of water discharged into the main valleys in the district, as well as the possibility of using the discharged water to irrigate certain crops.

The study recommended conducting environmental studies on aquatic organisms in the valleys within the city of Tal Afar and using them as a vital tool to determine whether the river is polluted or not, conducting environmental studies at the points where wastewater meets the waters of Ain Subashi within the city of Tal Afar, and conducting extensive diagnostic studies on the microbial community that can be found in wastewater discharged in the city of Tal Afar using environmental genomics, as well as monitoring the quality of wastewater discharged into the valleys within the city of Tal Afar by conducting environmental studies on an ongoing basis, obligating hospitals, medical complexes, and owners of commercial and industrial activities to treat wastewater before discharging it into public drainage networks, in addition to conducting studies using modern technologies to diagnose bacterial species that pollute gray water, especially fecal coliform bacteria, such as the PCR technique, which is more accurate, and using wastewater for agricultural irrigation and watering public gardens and median islands after treating it biologically as the easiest procedure that can be used, such as the RBC technique (biological contact equipment), and finally conducting studies on the long-term impact of irrigation with wastewater on Plant and soil content of essential nutrients and heavy elements.

Department of Media and Government Communication
College of Environmental Sciences
Thursday 27 February 2025