Research Article

Physicochemical Characterization and Evaluation of Seasonal Variations of Landfill Leachate and Groundwater Quality around Tanjaro Open Dump Area of Sulaymaniyah City, Kurdistan, Iraq

Table 2

Details of parameters monitored, methods of analysis, and instrument used.

ParameterMethod adoptedApparatus/instrument used

TemperatureElectrometric methodThermometer, electronic pH meter, and conductivity meter, (medidor multiparâmetro milwaukee MW804)
pHElectrometric method
Electrical conductivity (EC)Electrometric method
Total dissolved solid (TDS)Gravimetric method
Total alkalinity as CaCO3 (TA)Titrimetric method
Total hardness as CaCO3 (TH)EDTA titrimetric method

Biological oxygen demand (BOD5), and chemical oxygen demand (COD)Winkler’s methodPortable dissolved oxygen meter (oakton DO 110 portable dissolved oxygen meter)

AnionsUV-visible spectrophotometer (ultraviolet_visible shimadzu 1800 spectrophotometer screening method)
 Chloride (Cl)Argentometric method
 Nitrate (NO3)UV-vis. spectrophotometric screening method
 Sulphate (SO42−)Turbidimetric method
 Phosphate (PO43−)Ascorbic acid method

CationsFlame photometer (jenway 500801 PFP7/C clinical flame photometer)
 Calcium (Ca)EDTA titrimetric method
 Magnesium (Mg)
 Sodium (Na)Flame emission photometric method
 Potassium (K)Flame photometric method

Heavy metalsAtomic emission spectrometric methodInductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometric instrument
ICP-MS: Agilent 7500 ICP-MS, equipped with Asx-520 autosampler (England)
 Arsenic (As)
 Cadmium (Cd) Chromium (Cr)
 Mercury (Hg)
 Lead (Pb)
 Zinc (Zn)
 Copper (Cu)
 Manganese (Mn)
 Iron (Fe)
 Cobalt (Co)
 Nickel (Ni)
 Selenium (Se)