Human factors affecting water pollut ion of the Yusufiyah River in Baghdad 1990-2021

Abstract

     Human factors are among the factors that work to deteriorate the water quality of the study area as a result of the various sources of pollution to which the water is exposed through its flow in other countries participating in the Euphrates River Basin. The increase in population also affects the quality and quantity of water resources, and with increasing pressure On water resources and investing them unfairly exposes them to depletion on the one hand and with the increase of population on the other hand, especially water pollution due to various human activities. Water changes its quality and characteristics if its physical, chemical or biological properties change directly or indirectly due to human activity. This water becomes less suitable for various uses such as drinking, domestic, agricultural, industrial, etc., and the source of these pollutants is waste and polluted water that received directly into the water.