University of Tehran Press Iranian Journal of Soil and Water Research 2008-479X 54 10 2023 12 22 Comparisonal investigation of the risk of chemical water damages on concrete structures of Golestan and Kausar-Nomal irrigation networks, Iran Comparisonal investigation of the risk of chemical water damages on concrete structures of Golestan and Kausar-Nomal irrigation networks, Iran 1485 1502 95522 10.22059/ijswr.2023.362465.669536 FA Mohammad Sadegh Anbarsouz Graduated M.Sc. Student, Department of Irrigation and Reclamation Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran. Kumars Ebrahimi Professor, Department of Renewable Energies and Environment Engineering, Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. Ebrahim Amiri-Tokaldany Department of Irrigation and Reclamation Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran. Journal Article 2023 07 18 Irrigation networks are the main infrastructures for water conveyance and distribution in agricultural sector. Chemical damage of concrete is one of the main limiting factors for service life of irrigation networks. The main target of this research was to investigate and compare the risk of chemical detriments on concrete structures of Golestan and Kausar-Nomal irrigation networks. In this regard, in June 2022, water samples were collected from different points of the studied networks and the laboratory tests were performed. Then, the results of the water-quality parameters in tandem with the previously available monthly water quality data of the studied networks, were analyzed based on credible international criteria and using water corrosiveness indices. The Ryznar index values, for both Golestan and Kausar-Nomel networks, during October 2021-June 2022, were beyond the threshold of water corrosiveness (6.8). The average values of Ryznar index for the water samples of Golestan and Kausar-Nomel networks were 7.45 and 8.15, respectively, which means the corrosiveness intensity of Kausar-Nomel network’s water is significantly higher. Also, the concentration of dissolved-CO2 in the water of Kausar-Nomel network, in June 2022, was equal to 31.7 mg/l, which means that there has been a risk of cement decomposition. On the other hand, during the nine studied months, the sulfate-ion concentration values in the Golestan network’s water were recorded more than 150 mg/l, which is more than the minimum required for reaction with concrete. In four months out of the nine studied months, the magnesium-ion concentration values in the Golestan network’s water were more than 100 mg/l which are the beyond of threshold risk in concrete chemical damages. Irrigation networks are the main infrastructures for water conveyance and distribution in agricultural sector. Chemical damage of concrete is one of the main limiting factors for service life of irrigation networks. The main target of this research was to investigate and compare the risk of chemical detriments on concrete structures of Golestan and Kausar-Nomal irrigation networks. In this regard, in June 2022, water samples were collected from different points of the studied networks and the laboratory tests were performed. Then, the results of the water-quality parameters in tandem with the previously available monthly water quality data of the studied networks, were analyzed based on credible international criteria and using water corrosiveness indices. The Ryznar index values, for both Golestan and Kausar-Nomel networks, during October 2021-June 2022, were beyond the threshold of water corrosiveness (6.8). The average values of Ryznar index for the water samples of Golestan and Kausar-Nomel networks were 7.45 and 8.15, respectively, which means the corrosiveness intensity of Kausar-Nomel network’s water is significantly higher. Also, the concentration of dissolved-CO2 in the water of Kausar-Nomel network, in June 2022, was equal to 31.7 mg/l, which means that there has been a risk of cement decomposition. On the other hand, during the nine studied months, the sulfate-ion concentration values in the Golestan network’s water were recorded more than 150 mg/l, which is more than the minimum required for reaction with concrete. In four months out of the nine studied months, the magnesium-ion concentration values in the Golestan network’s water were more than 100 mg/l which are the beyond of threshold risk in concrete chemical damages. https://ijswr.ut.ac.ir/article_95522_baf53e7a8265444d75b0e03ff3842538.pdf