Al-Masab Al-Aam River (Third River) and Surface Water Pollution Within Baghdad Division

The project Al-Masab Al-Aam (Third River) of major development projects in Iraq because it is important in the transport of salt water from the reclamation of farmland in central and southern Iraq through an interconnected network of main and secondary canals and all of the estuary in which the transfer of salt water and residues of chemical fertilizers widely used in agriculture to the Arabian Gulf through the Shatt Al-Arab. In this study we evaluate the water quality of Al-Masab Al-Aam River within Baghdad City by using ANOVA two-way test (space and time). Samples were collected from two stations in Baghdad City (ST1 located in Abu Ghraib west of Baghdad & ST2 located in Al-Mahmudiyah South of Baghdad) monthly collection for three years (2010, 2011 & 2012).