Qualitative Assessment of Water Resources for Watering Livestock and Poultry: A Case Study of The Waters of Duhok Valley, Kurdistan Region of IRAQ

The current study was conducted to assess the water quality of Valley Duhok as a source for drinking livestock and poultry in region. Seventy-two samples were collected from six sites valley conduct physicochemical biological tests, sub-index model (WQI) applied quality.The results index indicated that Dam Lake (site N1) good poultry, while rest on category very poor animals, with WQI values ranging (204-286).This deterioration is result relative increase three parameters most studied properties, especially dissolved oxygen, organic load, phosphate ions, reach rating (Qi) Sub-Index (Sbi)to(500and56.8),(1026and117)and(958and87.1)consecutively.