Laboratory Evaluation of Botteled Drinking Water Collected from Basra City

Angham O Zahei,Entisar M Aboud,Ahmed S Al Chalabi

doi:10.24996/ijs.2021.62.11(si).11

Abstract

Forty-four bottles of drinking water were collected from the local markets of Basra City and stored in the laboratory refrigerator at 4ºC until the physical, chemical and biological measurements were carried out. The results showed a discrepancy in the compatibility of the specifications written on the drinking water bottle label with the sample measurements as well as the variation in the results with the Iraqi standards for bottled water. The percentage of bottled water that is not safe for drinking was 88.5% of the total samples of the study. This value is high and an indication of lack of control over marketing from the imported or produced in the local labs, so it is a danger to the health of the consumer. Results showed that the PH ranged 6.5–8 and did not exceed the values on the information sheet of the potable drinking water as well as the TDS, chloride, magnesium; nitrate and potassium which were within the permissible limits. In addition, the results showed that calcium, total hardness, fluoride and bacterial growth values exceeded the permissible limits, and there are different significations between factors in samples.

Highlights

Water is the basic element of life that has more than one source, which are surface water and underground water
Each country in the world has a strategy and concept in managing and improving the quality of potable water, depending on the climatic and environmental conditions, and the degree of economic and technological growth[9].In countries where access to improved water sources or resources is limited, legislation, regulations and standards are likely to play a better role in facilitating access to higher levels of service, ensuring the efficient use of existing facilities, and ensuring that minimum protections are in place to avoid waterborne disease outbreaks
Improving access to improved drinking-water supply that poses minimal health risks and fulfils basic rights to a 'clean' and 'adequate' supply of water means making the best use of these goals with limited resources[10], [11]. This can be explicitly promoted by legislation, regulations and guidelines, and can be more or less cost-effective in terms of the resources needed for their implementation and the effects of their application[12].The World Health Organization is working to assist countries in developing approaches to improve drinking water in order to protect public health, and according to the economic conditions of these countries, because water quality is one of the most important problems stipulated by regulations and standards [13]

Summary

Introduction

Water is the basic element of life that has more than one source, which are surface water and underground water. Improving access to improved drinking-water supply that poses minimal health risks and fulfils basic rights to a 'clean' and 'adequate' supply of water means making the best use of these goals with limited resources[10], [11] This can be explicitly promoted by legislation, regulations and guidelines, and can be more or less cost-effective in terms of the resources needed for their implementation and the effects of their application[12].The World Health Organization is working to assist countries in developing approaches to improve drinking water in order to protect public health, and according to the economic conditions of these countries, because water quality is one of the most important problems stipulated by regulations and standards [13].

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