Mustafa Beda * ⁽¹⁾, Rami Kaba ⁽²⁾, Yasser Kert ⁽³⁾, Sherin Alfttah⁽¹⁾  , Daoud Daoud ⁽¹⁾  and Lubna almawali ⁽¹⁾  

(1). General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research (GCSAR), Damascus, Syria.

(2). Faculty Of Agriculture, University of the al-furat, Syria.

(3). Hasakeh Agricultural Research Center, General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research (GCSAR), Damascus, Syria.

(*Corresponding author: Dr. Mustafa Beda. E-Mail: bedda.agri@hotmail.com).

Received: 14/05/2021                                 Accepted: 29/07/2021

Abstract

This research was conducted during 2018-2020 at the Scientific Agricultural Research Centre in Qamishli under the first agro-ecological zone in Hassakeh governorate, 10 km west of Qamishli’s city center towards Amuda, with the aim of evaluating the pH of precipitation, and air pollution level and quality in the study area. Seven observation points for collecting rainwater samples were selected, and rainwater samples were collected at 4 m high above ground level. The results indicated that the rainfall of the studied points for the season (2019-2020) is not within the acidic range, although the pH tends to be below seven at some points, and that the pH value differed by observation point; the lowest reading recorded for the lowest value and the highest value (1.4-1.3) was at the second observation point, respectively, and the highest reading for the highest value was at the fifth observation point (8.2). The values of studied indicators ​​differed by observation point and study month, where the EC highest value was at the fifth observation point (0.53) dS/m, and the lowest one was at the sixth and seventh observation points with a value of (0.04) dS/m. Therefore, we suggest continuing air pollution monitoring in the area and expand the study to cover other susceptible areas.

Keywords: Air pollution, Al-hasakeh, Acid Rain, Ph, Ca, So₄^–

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