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Quality assessment of various bottled-water and tap water in Erbil City-Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Joint Authors
Bapper, Umran H. Q.
Yunus, Abd al-Qadir M.
Source
ZANCO Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences
Issue
Vol. 28, Issue 4 (31 Aug. 2016), pp.66-75, 10 p.
Publisher
Salahaddin University-Erbil Department of Scientific Publications
Publication Date
2016-08-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Earth Sciences, Water and Environment
Abstract EN
This study was conducted to demonstrate the suitability of bottled water used in Erbil city - Iraq and Tap water processed by the Directorate of Erbil’s water for human drinking and domestic consumption, about 37 brands of bottled water were collected including local and imported in different places of Erbil market during February 2015 to May 2015, the samples were examined by correlation analysis and water quality index )WQI(.Water quality index used to evaluate suitability of bottled water states for drinking purposes, samples were analyzed for chemical, physical and bacteriological properties such as PH, Turbidity, E.C.,T.D.S, T.
Hardness and Alkalinity with measuring some elements (Ca+, Mg+, Cl-, SO4=, NO3-, Na+&K+ ) and coliform bacteria , all data compared with International Bottled Water Association ( IBWA, 2008 ) and World Health Organization for drinking water (WHO).
Results showed that the WQI for these samples range from 24.233 to 101.122.
Using the WQI all the bottled water and tap water samples were classified as excellent to poor water they are suitable for drinking and other domestic purpose.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Bapper, Umran H. Q.& Yunus, Abd al-Qadir M.. 2016. Quality assessment of various bottled-water and tap water in Erbil City-Kurdistan Region of Iraq. ZANCO Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences،Vol. 28, no. 4, pp.66-75.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-762112
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Bapper, Umran H. Q.& Yunus, Abd al-Qadir M.. Quality assessment of various bottled-water and tap water in Erbil City-Kurdistan Region of Iraq. ZANCO Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences Vol. 28, no. 4 (2016), pp.66-75.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-762112
American Medical Association (AMA)
Bapper, Umran H. Q.& Yunus, Abd al-Qadir M.. Quality assessment of various bottled-water and tap water in Erbil City-Kurdistan Region of Iraq. ZANCO Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences. 2016. Vol. 28, no. 4, pp.66-75.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-762112
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 73-75
Record ID
BIM-762112