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Data on phosphorous concentration of rivers feeding into Taham dam in Zanjan, Iran

Due to the great possibility of water contamination of many rivers by human activities in Iran, the study of water quality is crucial for water resource protection and human health. High level of phosphorous is the main reason for eutrophication of freshwater systems. The main aim of this study was...

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Autores principales: Masoudinejad, Mohamadreza, Ghaderpoori, Mansour, Zarei, Ahmad, Nasehifar, Jamal, Malekzadeh, Alireza, Nasiri, Jalil, Ghaderpoury, Afshin
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5852270/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29552604
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2018.01.068
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author Masoudinejad, Mohamadreza
Ghaderpoori, Mansour
Zarei, Ahmad
Nasehifar, Jamal
Malekzadeh, Alireza
Nasiri, Jalil
Ghaderpoury, Afshin
author_facet Masoudinejad, Mohamadreza
Ghaderpoori, Mansour
Zarei, Ahmad
Nasehifar, Jamal
Malekzadeh, Alireza
Nasiri, Jalil
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description Due to the great possibility of water contamination of many rivers by human activities in Iran, the study of water quality is crucial for water resource protection and human health. High level of phosphorous is the main reason for eutrophication of freshwater systems. The main aim of this study was to investigate the concentration of phosphorus in the rivers feeding into Taham dam in Zanjan, using GIS software. 40 sampling stations were selected along Taham and Ghalharod Rivers with respect to sewage discharge points and feeding characteristics of water entering to Taham dam. In total, 160 water samples were taken from rivers with regard to precipitation season in two different periods from winter 2014 to spring 2015. The obtained data were analyzed using SPSS and ArcView GIS. The findings showed that 15% of the studied stations had phosphorous levels higher than acceptable levels set by EPA. The highest levels of phosphorous contamination were observed in stations No. 145, 154, 155, 161, 166 and 168. The elevated concentrations of phosphorous in the rivers can be responsible for the eutrophication of Taham dam reservoir.
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spelling pubmed-58522702018-03-16 Data on phosphorous concentration of rivers feeding into Taham dam in Zanjan, Iran Masoudinejad, Mohamadreza Ghaderpoori, Mansour Zarei, Ahmad Nasehifar, Jamal Malekzadeh, Alireza Nasiri, Jalil Ghaderpoury, Afshin Data Brief Environmental Science Due to the great possibility of water contamination of many rivers by human activities in Iran, the study of water quality is crucial for water resource protection and human health. High level of phosphorous is the main reason for eutrophication of freshwater systems. The main aim of this study was to investigate the concentration of phosphorus in the rivers feeding into Taham dam in Zanjan, using GIS software. 40 sampling stations were selected along Taham and Ghalharod Rivers with respect to sewage discharge points and feeding characteristics of water entering to Taham dam. In total, 160 water samples were taken from rivers with regard to precipitation season in two different periods from winter 2014 to spring 2015. The obtained data were analyzed using SPSS and ArcView GIS. The findings showed that 15% of the studied stations had phosphorous levels higher than acceptable levels set by EPA. The highest levels of phosphorous contamination were observed in stations No. 145, 154, 155, 161, 166 and 168. The elevated concentrations of phosphorous in the rivers can be responsible for the eutrophication of Taham dam reservoir. Elsevier 2018-01-31 /pmc/articles/PMC5852270/ /pubmed/29552604 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2018.01.068 Text en © 2018 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Zarei, Ahmad
Nasehifar, Jamal
Malekzadeh, Alireza
Nasiri, Jalil
Ghaderpoury, Afshin
Data on phosphorous concentration of rivers feeding into Taham dam in Zanjan, Iran
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title_full Data on phosphorous concentration of rivers feeding into Taham dam in Zanjan, Iran
title_fullStr Data on phosphorous concentration of rivers feeding into Taham dam in Zanjan, Iran
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title_short Data on phosphorous concentration of rivers feeding into Taham dam in Zanjan, Iran
title_sort data on phosphorous concentration of rivers feeding into taham dam in zanjan, iran
topic Environmental Science
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5852270/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29552604
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2018.01.068
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