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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2005, 2(2), 245–250 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ISSN 1660-4601 © 2005 by MDPI Contribution of Man – Made Activities to the Pollution of the Tigris within Mosul Area/IRAQ S. M. Al-Rawi1* 1Head of Pollution Control Section Assistant Professor of Environmental, Engineering Environment Research Center (ERR), Mosul University, Mosul/IRAQ. *Correspondence to Dr. S. M. Al-Rawi. Email: alrawism@ Received: 10 January 2005 / Accepted: 10 April 2005 / Published: 14 August 2005 Abstract: This paper presents an overall view of major sources that may lead to the pollution of the Tigris within Mosul city. A stretch exceeding 20kms in length is selected that represents the ‘‘sick’’ path of the river. Many sites along the studied stretch are likely to affect the river quality in some way or another. Samples from 40 3 sources sites are taken for quality analyses These sources – as huge as 400000 m a day – are characterized as (medium – strong) in composition. Such wastewaters with the pollutants they carry alter the river water quality rendering it unsuitable for beneficial uses. Such alterations –