Date of Award
4-1980
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Biological Sciences
First Advisor
Dr. Clarence J. Goodnight
Second Advisor
Dr. William C. Vandeventer
Third Advisor
Dr. Dona F. Fowler
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
The present study was undertaken to monitor the quality of drinking water in the ghanats of Tehran during 1978-1979. Four sites were chosen, and various limnological parameters were investigated.
Physical-chemical analyses were evaluated to determine the composition of the water. There was no significant pollution related to chemical-physical parameters.
Planktonic samples were analyzed with the aid of a Sedgewich-Rafter counting cell. A total of 47 genera were found in all four ghanats.
The planktonic population declined dramatically in winter. Mean diversity and equitability of the algae showed no significant level of pollution and degradation in the study areas.
Bacterial content was analyzed with the Millipore membrane filter technique. Colony counts were made of total bacteria, total and fecal coliforms, and yeasts/molds.
The high concentration of bacteria in the ghanats exceeds the safe limit as indicated by international norms. The bacteriological pollution of ghanats has been found to originate in part from fecal sources.
Recommended Citation
Oliaei, Fardin, "Biological Studies on Some Ghanats of Iran" (1980). Masters Theses. 2040.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/2040