The Director General of the Marine Science Center at the University of Basrah, Prof. Dr. Abdul-Zahra Abdul-Rasul Al-Hilu, chaired the discussion committee of the postgraduate / master’s student, Adian Ali Kahami, in the College of Science, Department of Environmental Sciences / University of Basrah, about her thesis entitled ((Assessment of the change in the water quality of Al-Ashar River after its rehabilitation in Basra Governorate  )).