Chlorophenols in Tigris River and Drinking Water of Baghdad, Iraq

• Published in: Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology 2011-08, Vol.87 (2), p.106-112
• Main Authors: Al-Janabi, Khalid Waleed S., Alazawi, Fatin Nafea, Ibrahim Mohammed, M., Kadhum, Abdul Amir H., Mohamad, Abu Bakar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Aquatic Pollution; Chlorination; Chlorine; Chlorophenols; Chlorophenols - analysis; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid - methods; Drinking water; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecotoxicology; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Environmental Monitoring - methods; Freshwater; Iraq; Liquid chromatography; Monitoring; Phenols; Pollutants; Pollution; Reproducibility of Results; Rivers; Rivers - chemistry; Soil Science & Conservation; Standard deviation; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Water pollution; Water Pollution Control; Water Supply - analysis
• ISSN: 0007-4861; 1432-0800
• DOI: 10.1007/s00128-011-0315-y

A study was conducted on a stretch of Tigris river crossing Baghdad city to determine the concentration of some chlorophenols pollutants. Aqueous samples were preliminary enriched about 500 times and the chlorophenols have determined using high performance liquid chromatography HPLC. Limits of detection LOD were (0.007–0.012 mg L −1 ), relative standard deviations RSD% were 2.4%–5.59% and relative recoveries were 51.06%–104.07%. The existence of chlorophenols in Tigris river was in the range 0.023–4.596 mg L −1 . The developed method suggested in this study can be applied for routine analysis and monitoring of chlorinated phenols in environmental aqueous samples.