Study of the validity of groundwater for the Conseh area / Hamidat area for agricultural purposes

Ground water quality of Gonsia area which distance (about 35 km)western Mosul city were investigated, the study area suffer from watershortage, the only available water is bad quality from wells . Ten wellswere chosen for this study to evaluate the quality of water used for livestock and irrigation.The results indicated that all parameter of the surveyed groundwater were suitable for use to live stock regarding to test parametersexcepted sulfate ion concentration which exceeded the maximumallowance limit, the study also showed that most surveyed water werehighly saline which classed for irrigation as C4 according to US . Lab.Staff. Some toxic hazard elements like chloride and sodium were foundin ofwell No.lO which considered unsuitable for irrigation uses.