A Comprehensive Water Chemistry Dataset for Iranian Rivers (open-access data paper)
Open-access Scientific Data paper (2025) describing a water-chemistry dataset for Iranian rivers covering 1964-2020: 5,968,568 records from 1,591 monitoring stations, with 14 chemical compounds (TDS, pH, EC, major ions, nitrate) and 11 water-quality indices. The PMC landing page documents the dataset structure and links to the data record.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
At a glance
- Region
- Iran (Middle East)
- Coverage
- National
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Research
- Last updated
- 2025
What's inside
- River water quality
- Hydrochemistry
- Water quality indices
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Hotspots and trends
Find where contamination is high and whether it is getting worse.
Because it has: River water quality
- 02
Compliance checks
Compare samples against drinking water and discharge standards.
- 03
Sampling plans
Decide where to sample and treat first.
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Risk maps
Predict contamination where no samples exist, from geology, land use and climate.
- 02
Anomaly alerts
Catch sudden spikes in sensor or lab data automatically.
- 03
From satellite
Estimate turbidity and chlorophyll in lakes and rivers from imagery.
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