Noise pollution in Campus of Mustansiriya University

Abstract

The study area (Gorata) is located in the northeastern part of Iraq within the Gorata district of Sulaymaniyah Governorate, with an area of ​​(143.07) km2. The problem of the study lies in the lack of studies that use the technical side and adopt a simulation model of groundwater suitability for the purpose of agricultural irrigation. The study aims to conduct a spatial analysis of the chemical properties of groundwater, using ArcGIS v10.4 software. A model was built for the suitability of groundwater for agricultural irrigation in the study area, it was found that the quality of the rocks through which it passes, the properties of the soil and the uses of the land are all factors that largely control the increase or decrease in the concentration of dissolved substances as they directly affect the validity of that water for agricultural irrigation purposes.   

Mustansiriyah university has been suffers continuously from the clear environmental problem as a part of degradation that has been facing Iraqi environment since 2003; that is the problem of noise pollution. The noise source abroad the university has been generated from different sources i.e., the voices of students at landscape, dialogs at the clubs and corridors, electric power generators, traffic intensity at the sounding roads. High levels of noises will impact on the hearing of student and their psychological and physical comfort as the noise levels recorded up to 90 dB representing the highest percentage of noise, while the minimum level noise level was about 50 dB. This disparity in the sources of noise, such as the noise of transportation services for students, cars, shops, restaurants, street vendors and others, are uncontrolled sources, this is a problem that must be terminated and requires a serious treatment by taking the necessary measures to reduce the deterioration of the university's educational levels. The noise levels were measured in the campus at selected point based on the University's site map using the sound level meter. Statistical analyzes were performed to calculate the level of the equivalent sound levels at each point and to use the results of the statistical analysis to represent the spatial distribution maps of the noise levels.

The research concluded that the most areas of the university suffering from increasing noise pollution is the front landscapes of Education and Art colleges, as well as the student club, due to overcrowded students during studying hours and the noises was exceeded the allowable levels of WHO standards