Water quality survey of the Gharehsou River in Ardabil in the range of rainbow trout farms

In this research, the water quality of Gharehsou River within the fish farms in the 4 stations including the upstream station (as a control station), the station between farms, the station after the last farms and downstream after 4 km away from the last fish farm, was surveyed every 45 days from the December 2015 to May 2016. The purpose of this study was to investigate parameters including water temperature (˚C), dissolved oxygen (DO), electrical conductivity (EC), pH, alkalinity, ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, TDS and TSS at the desired stations. The results showed that the highest and lowest levels of ammonia in stations between farms and downstream were found 0.58 ± 0.23 mg.l-1 and 0.15 ± 0.13 mg.l-1, respectively, which was significantly differed (p