The researchers Ansam Jassim Mohammed, Nasser Abdullah Helou and Dr. makiyat muhalhal khalaf published a paper entitled Assessment of water quality supplies in some areas of Basrah Governorate, Iraq in the Ecology, Environment and Conservation, which is indexed in Scopus/Web of Science database Q4. the study aims to investigate the microbial contamination of tap water supplied in several areas of Basra Governorate. The results of the present study have concluded that there are big numbers of fecal coliform bacteria in some places of Basrah governorate, furthermore, physical and chemical characteristics of water investigations have indicated the excess of the average values of some characteristics in most places subjected to the present study above the permitted WHO and Iraqi standards of drinking water, which indicate the insufficiency of water purification stations, insufficiency of Chlorine added to eradicate bacteria and also the occurrence of breaks and cuts in the Governorate pipelines network resulted in mixing sanitary with drinking water
