Salinity   DO pH Ca Mg Cl SO4 PO4 NO3 SiO2
  (ppt) (mg/)   (mg/l) (µg/l)
1970s 0.6 (±0.1) 5.5 (±0.6) 7.5 (±0.2) - - - - 15.6 (±2.5) 142.6 (±49.3) 760.0 (±28.3)
1980s 2.2 (±0.3) 9.0 (±0.3) 7.6 (±0.2) 261.0 (±62.1) 119.0 (±26.3) 240.0 (±0.0) 39.0 (±0.0) 14.7 (±7.2) 69.0 (±42.7) 2113.5 (±1037.1)
2003 1.1 (±0.4) 9.1 (±0.7) 8.0 (±0.1) 156.0 (±37.0) 89.7 (±27.9) 410.3 (±155.) 546.0 (±166.5) 80.1 (±5.1) 715.3 (±287.) 1762.1 (±111.8)
2004 1.7 (±0.2) 7.7 (±0.3) - 99.3 (±16.7) 106.2 (±9.5) 780.3 (±160.0) 729.3 (±130.7) 421.7 (±280.7) 573.6 (±83.2) 1857.2 (±184.4)
2005 1.8 (±0.2) 8.2 (±0.0) 8.4 (±0.5) 111.9 (±6.2) 127.3 (±9.7) 581.7 (±30.5) 482.2  (±49.0) 21.0 (±2.2) 23.0 (±5.4) 451.8 (±41.9)
2006 1.2 (±0.0) 7.9 (±0.0) 7.2 (±0.2) 127.1 (±5.2) 87.0 (±4.3) 452.0 (±20.3) 448.7 (±17.5) 9.0 (±0.4) 55.7  (±5.1) 117.9 (±4.1)
2007 1.0  (±0.1) 8.1 (±0.0) 8.4 (±0.2) - - - - 6.8 (±0.8) 6.0  (±0.5) 73.8 (±3.9)
2008 2.0  (±0.3) 8.0 (±0.1) 7.7 (±0.3) 178.9 (±18.4) 87.3 (±10.4) 1002.9 (±100.8) 167.2 (±16.6) 1.1 (±0.2) 3.8 (±0.4) 42.3  (±4.1)
Table 3: The average historical and current concentrations of the water quality parameters, major ions and inorganic dissolved nutrients of the Mesopotamian marshlands
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