Impact of illegal use of storm network on Tigris River using supervised classification technique

Abstract

This paper studies the impact of the stormwater network outfall of the Al-Rabee Quarter on the Tigris River. Residents of the district use the storm network for contacts of illegal sewage. Household wastewater is discharged through the storm network directly into the river without treatment, which affects the water quality. Storm network model was developed and use a dynamic wave approach in routing hydraulic flow. The model was simulated based on the calculations of the quantities of domestic wastewater. The supervised classification was used in the spectroscopy of the satellite image of the river by the ArcGIS software in determining the effect of the storm network outfall on the Tigris River. The image was classified into four categories, which are pure water, polluted water, shallow water, and plants. Storm network data was obtained the from Wasit Sewerage Directorate in the form of ArcGIS files. The QuickBird satellite with a high spatial resolution of 25 cm was bought in 2019.The results of the study indicated that sewage quantities were discharged into the river, which led to water pollution by 17.79% from the river surface area. It was concluded from the results that the outfall of the storm network has a high impact on the river water quality. Therefore, this study suggests implementing and managing a separate sewage network that is directed directly to the treatment plants. A stormwater management model (SWMM) was used to simulate a storm network as a sewage network in dry weather.