Manufacturing industries and their role in polluting river water environments in Iraq

Abstract

Industrial activities in various sectors represent a major environmental challenge through the harmful effects of liquid pollutants on the environment. These effects vary depending on the type of industry, the technology adopted, the availability of liquid pollutant treatment units, and the efficiency of these means. Most industrial activities suffer from the lack of efficient treatment units to control pollutants, the obsolescence of production lines, and the absence of modern technologies. Liquid waste is discharged from (25) industrial activities within the government sector. The problem of Iraqi water pollution is one of the major problems that Iraq suffers from and has been increasing recently, which necessitated thinking about finding ways to combat it and reduce the resulting effects, especially since the shores of rivers and lakes attract basic human communities, and most villages and cities in Iraq are often located on the edges of rivers and lakes. Just as the river was a source of all people's water requirements, in return, waste and waste were dumped into these waters, which led to their pollution.