WATER QUALITY EFFECTS ON KIDNEY DISEASES IN THE SLUMS AREA OF ERBIL CITY, IRAQ

Year 2019, Issue: 40, 406 - 414, 30.07.2019

Saadaldeen Muhammad Nuri Saed Gaylan Rasul Faqe Azad Rasul

https://doi.org/10.32003/iggei.523583

Abstract

Many cities in the world are facing a quick inhabitant growth
of slum areas while the detailed information about this issue is lacking. The
study aim is an identification of the
spatial correlation between the quality of water and kidney disease. A sample of
94 specimens was collected for different
areas of the random areas to confirm the existence of cases of kidney disease
in addition to a set of environmental, social and cultural characteristics
related to some aspects affecting their healthy
life. The chemical characteristics of drinking water in the study area were
compared with the characteristics of the World Health Organization. The
correlation between some chemical properties of water and especially related
diseases (kidney) assessed. The research find correlation between the value of potential
of Hydrogen (pH) and kidney disease spread in the study area (R² =
0.65; P <0.01) and we found correlation between Electrical conductivity (EC)
and renal disease (R² = 0.85; P <0.01). The highest correlation
was found between Magnesium Ion (Mg²⁺) and kidney disease (R²
= 0.94, p <0.01). We found the relationship with Nitrate () has a strong direct
relationship and within a strong statistical significance (R²= 0.86,
p <0.01). We also found a moderately positive and statistically significant
correlation between sulfate and kidney disease prevalence (R2 = 0.57, P
<0.01).

Keywords

Kidneys Disease, Slum Area, Water Quality, WHO Standards, Spatial Correlation

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