Study Soil Contamination Surrounding The Brick Factory In Al- Saniyah/ Al- Diwaniyah / Iraq

Abstract

The study was conducted on the effect of the brick factories in Saniyah on the surrounding soil, with dimensions of 50 m, 500 m, and 1000 m, depending on the direction of the prevailing winds and opposite to the direction of the prevailing winds as well, at 50 m, 500 m, and 1000 m. The concentrations of lead and copper were measured in the soil in two phases : exchangable and residual. The highest concentrations were for lead in the winter. In the alternating part towards the wind, it reached 36.15, and the lowest concentration was in site 5, opposite the direction of the wind. As for the copper element, its highest value was 4.76 in the third site towards the wind, and the lowest value was 1.1 at a distance of 50 m from the chimney, against the direction of the wind. We note that for both elements, the residual phase value is higher than The value of exchangable phase in the direction of the wind is higher than in the opposite direction.