Masoud Vazirzadeh, Reza Robati
Kor River is one of the most important waterways of Fars province in point view of economics and agriculture. Due to water intake from this river for agriculture, domestic uses, industry, and environmental aspects bacteriology of its along its rout is very important. In this study pathogenic bacteriology of the river was conducted and the results were statistically analyzed. The research started Bahman 1385 (February, 2006) for one year. Fecal and coliform bacteria were determined at the outfall of the point sources pollution. Fecal bacteria after Petrochemical complex plant, Sivand and Kor rivers connection and Band-e Amir were also determined. The results showed 8.7%, 8.1% and 6.8% for the mentioned points, respectively. For other outfalls fecal bacteria were 5.6% and 6.2%. Proteus bacteria were only detected exactly after Petrochemical complex plant. Coliform bacteria were determined at the Sivand connection and Band-e Amir which were 6.7% and 5.6% respectively. Salmonella bacteria were determined at the sampling site before and after Petrochemical complex plant, before Sivand and Kor junction, Ban-e Amir, Jounety Bridge, and Faize Abad Band. The results showed that these intestinal pathogenic bacteria are distributed in the Kor river route due to industries and domestic wastewaters.
