Seasonal Variations of the Physicochemical Properties of Sea Water in Rakhine Coastal Area, Myanmar

Department of Chemistry, Sittway University , Myanmar

Abstract: The aim of this research is to study the seasonal variations of physicochemical properties of sea water quality in Rakhine Coastal Area and to predict coastal pollution loaded in the studied area. The Rakhine coast has a coastline of 740 km with a total area of 367,780 sq.km. The large cities bordering the Rakhine coast are Sittway, Kyaukpyu, Ramree, Thandwe and Gwa. Some selected area of Coastal Region in Rakhine State have been carried out since the beginning of 2015 in Department of Chemistry, Sittway University. In this research, six seawater samples for dried and wet seasons were collected from Sittway, Kyaukpyu and Ramree area (near Sittway off-shore Deep Water Port, In front of Kyun Thar Yar and in front of Kyaukpyu View point, near Kyaukpyu off-shore Deep Water Port, near Ramvee Island and near Kyauknimaw). Sampling locations were 20°08.334′ N, 92°54.530′ E, 19°46.355′ N, 93°08.475′ E, 19°27.508′ N, 93°30.478′ E, 19°22.20′ N, 93°41.21′ E, 19°07.17′ N, 93°58.36′ E, and 18°47.38′ N, 94°04.48′ E as A, B, C, D, E and F, respectively. From this study, the quality of seawater from Rakhine coastal is found to be acceptable for aquatic life even though the higher content of total alkalinity in all sampling site for both seasons.