Studied Sites of Collection

pH

Dissolved oxygen mg/l

Total Hardness as CaCO3 mg/l

Total alkalinity

as CaCO3 mg/I

Salinity g/l

NH3 mg/l

NO2 mg/l

El-Lahon canal (Branch of the river Nile)

7.57 ± 0.03 C

7.89 ± 0.02 A

141 ± 1.69 C

113 ± 4.74 C

0.084 ± 0.003 C

0.28 ± 0.02 C

0.03 ± 0.004 C

El-Bats drainage canal

8.30 ± 0.04 A

5.36 ± 0.07 C

427 ± 10.9 A

290 ± 1.32 A

10.5 ± 0.42 A

3.15 ± 0.11 B

0.41 ± 0.01 B

El-Wadi drainage canal

8.05 ± 0.04 B

5.75 ± 0.09 B

385 ± 7.3 B

256 ± 1.54 B

3.87 ± 0.27 B

4.19 ± 0.11 A

0.65 ± 0.03 A

F-values

79.9**

386**

401**

102**

331**

516**

291**